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# stubbly

«stubbly» in Mova's school dictionary: **covered with short, rough hairs, like a man's chin when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (stubbly, stubblier, stubbliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stubbly means covered with short, rough hairs, like a man's chin when he has not shaved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbly/#m1)

2) Stubbly can describe a field covered with short stalks left after a harvest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories, a «stubbly chin» or «stubbly cheek» shows a man who has not shaved, often after a long trip or a hard night. In farming descriptions, stubbly fields appear after harvest time. Phrases: «a stubbly chin», «stubbly face».

### examples

- Grandad's stubbly chin tickled my cheek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbly/#x1)
- After a week camping, Dad's face was stubbly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbly/#x2)
- The pirate captain had a stubbly face and a big hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbly/#x3)
- We ran across the stubbly field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbly/#x4)
- His cheek felt stubbly and rough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbly/#x5)
- The cat would not sit on the stubbly grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbly/#x6)

### note

From «stubble» + -y. Comparison: «stubblier», «stubbliest» (rare). A describing word, not a noun.

### Trees and pragmatics

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