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# rigid

«rigid» in Mova's school dictionary: **stiff and hard, not able to bend easily** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (rigid, more rigid, most rigid); adverb rigidly; noun rigidity

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rigid means stiff and hard, not able to bend easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#m1)

2) Rigid rules or plans are strict and cannot be changed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#m2)

3) A rigid person will not change their ideas or habits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Science (materials): rigid materials such as wood, metal and hard plastic keep their shape; flexible ones such as rubber and fabric bend. Design: a rigid frame makes a strong bridge. Stories: «rigid with fear» means too scared to move. Phrases: rigid rules, rigid with fear, rigid structure.

### examples

- A metal ruler is rigid, but a rubber band is flexible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#x1)
- The cardboard box was rigid and strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#x2)
- The school has rigid rules about phones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#x3)
- She froze, rigid with fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#x4)
- Triangles make rigid shapes in bridges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#x5)
- Plastic can be rigid or flexible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#x6)
- Fionn sat rigid and unmoving, his face stony and terrible as the face of a monument carved on the side of a cliff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/#x7)

### note

Opposite: flexible. In science, sort materials into rigid and flexible. Pronounced RIJ-id. Rigid is not the same as «strong»: glass is rigid but breaks easily.

### In the corpora

- [Adding a diagonal strut to a square frame divides it into two triangles and makes it rigid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/86-building-strong-things/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rigid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rigid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.