Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To make (something) shabby (adjective sense 1); to shabbify.

  2. (intransitive)To become shabby; to shabbify.

Origin

The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; s

The adjective is derived from shab (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) scaly skin disease; skin disease of sheep; crust forming over wound, scab”) + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).

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Forms

shabbies, shabbying, shabbied, shabbied

regular · Lesson

Base formshabby · to shabby
3rd person singularshabbies
Present participleshabbying
Past simpleshabbied
Past participleshabbied

Tenses

shabby · shabbied · will shabby · have shabbied

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshabby
he, she, itshabbies

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shabby

Past simpleLesson

all personsshabbied

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sexualizesexuallysexyB2shabbosshackshackle

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