adj
Meaning 1
Covered in spines or thorns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spiny
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/ˈspaɪni/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪni
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CMU ARPABET: S P AY1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Troublesome; difficult or vexing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Like a spine in shape; slender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Archaic form of spinney.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, archaic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
having spines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the dorsal fin is spinous
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spinous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, thorny
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From spine + -y.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бодлив (bodliv) — covered in prickles
- Czech: ostnatý — covered in prickles
- Czech: bodlinatý — covered in prickles
- Czech: trnitý — covered in prickles
- French: piquant — covered in prickles
- Hindi: कटीला (kaṭīlā) — covered in prickles
- Latin: spinifer — covered in prickles
- Māori: pūtaratara — covered in prickles
- Māori: tuatete — covered in prickles
Real reading context