TIDIES

Verb

tidies

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tidy

Anagrams

• distie, teiids

Source: Wiktionary


TIDY

Ti"dy, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The wren; -- called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.] The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. Drayton.

Note: This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.

Ti"dy, a. [Compar. Tidier; superl. Tidiest.] Etym: [From Tide time, season; cf. D. tijdig timely, G. zeitig, Dan. & Sw. tidig.]

1. Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather. [Obs.] If weather be fair and tidy. Tusser.

2. Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy. A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never. Piers Plowman.

Ti"dy, n.; pl. Tidies (.

1. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like.

2. A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Ti"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tidied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tidying.]

Definition: To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.

Ti"dy, v. i.

Definition: To make things tidy. [Colloq.] I have tidied and tidied over and over again. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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