Meaning

1 senses
  1. To make tidy; to neaten.

More definitions
  • put (things or places) in order

Examples

249 sentences
  1. Tom is very tidy, isn't he?

    Том дуже охайний, так? — deniko

    deTom ist sehr ordentlich, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  2. I haven't had time to tidy up yet.

    У мене ще не було часу на прибирання. — deniko

  3. Tom is tidy, isn't he?

    Том охайний, чи не так? — deniko

    deTom ist ordentlich, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  4. Tom is tidy.

    Том охайний. — deniko

    ruТом аккуратный. — odexed

    deTom ist ordentlich. — BraveSentry

  5. Tom's house is tidy.

    Будинок Тома охайний. — deniko

    deBei Tom zu Hause ist alles aufgeräumt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) +

From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi (“timely, seasonal, opportune”), from tide (“time”) + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian tiedig (“timely, early”), Dutch tijdig (“timely”), German Low German tiedig (“timely”), German zeitig (“seasonal, timely”), Danish tidig (“timely”), Swedish tidig (“timely”).

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Forms

tidies, tidying, tidied, tidied
Base formtidy · to tidy
3rd person singulartidies
Present participletidying
Past simpletidied
Past participletidied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytidy
he, she, ittidies

Past simpleLesson

all personstidied

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tidy

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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