Meaning of ivy in English
(Definition of ivy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of ivy
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The experiment was conducted in an area with naturally occurring common poppy and ivy-leaved speedwell populations.
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The trend is spreading, like ivy up the side of a tower.
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Contact results in a stinging sensation, which is followed by a rash similar to that caused by poison ivy.
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In addition, amino acid residues did not differ between the ivy fruit gall midge and the soybean pod gall midge.
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The program's refined footnote and bibliographic abilities still target them, but much of the ivy has been cleared from earlier versions.
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Cutting ivy from some trees around his garden he stumbled over a rusty animal feeding trough, receiving injuries which resulted in a long period of hospitalisation and convalescence.
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I have used it to clear brambles, ivy and the regrowth of tree stumps.
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There are parts of the countryside where every second or third tree is covered with ivy.
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I hope that it will not be the sort of memorial that becomes completely obscured with ivy—the fate of many memorials.
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To tear up old ties is very painful indeed, but sometimes old ties are like the ivy, which destroys the building that it covers.
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It looks as though some of our people are in the position of the ivy clinging to a tree.
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Architects and civil engineers can only grow ivy in front of theirs, and hope that they disappear one day.
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A tree surgeon has provided advice on clearance of ivy and other vegetation that covers the castle.
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I have been trying to encourage the owners to grow some ivy on it in order to improve the appearance.
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In my constituency, one farmer's ewes were eating ivy and so produced many dead lambs.
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ツタ, つた…
sarmaşık…
lierre [masculine], lierre…
heura…
klimop…
břečťan…
efeu, vedbend…
tanaman merambat…
ไม้เลื้อยจำพวกหนึ่ง…
cây thường xuân…
bluszcz…
murgröna…
pokok ivy…
der Efeu…
eføy [masculine], eføy, bergflette…
아이비, 담쟁이 덩굴…
плющ…
edera…
