Meaning

1 senses

  1. To polymorph; to transform by magic.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Underneath the cinder block, he found lots of roly-poly bugs and earwigs crawling around.

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  2. It's a low poly 3D model.

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  3. It's a high poly 3D model.

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  4. Santa Claus is usually drawn as roly-poly. He is almost never skinny.

    deDer Weihnachtsmann wird gewöhnlich dick und rund dargestellt. Dünn ist er fast nie. — Waldelfe

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  5. It's a bit unclear how long it takes poly-styrene based products like Styrofoam to decompose.

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Origin

Shortening of various words.

Shortening of various words.

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Forms

polys, polying, polyed, polyed
Base formpoly · to poly
3rd person singularpolys
Present participlepolying
Past simplepolyed
Past participlepolyed

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypoly
he, she, itpolys

Past simpleLesson

all personspolyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave polyed
he, she, ithas polyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill poly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pollutionA1poloB2poltergeistpolyamorouspolyculepolyester
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