Definitions for Ivy

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Ivy i·vy

Spelling: [ahy-vee]

IPA: /ˈaɪ vi/

Ivy is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 10 anagrams from letters in Ivy (ivy).

Definitions for Ivy

noun

1. Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
2. any of various other climbing or trailing plants.
3. a female given name.

adjective

1. (often initial capital letter) Ivy League (def 2).
2. New England. mountain laurel.

Origin of Ivy

before 900; Middle English ivi; Old English ifig; akin to German Efeu

Examples for Ivy

In Confessions of an ivy League Frat Boy, the self-induced, self-absorbed Greek tragedy of Andrew Lohse.

This kind of garland is made also of ivy, with small red balls.

From the religious (‘The Holly and the ivy’) to the secular (‘The Chipmunk Song’), my top 20.

ivy's face is all puckered, as if she were on the point of tears.

Dear White People takes place on the predominantly white campus of a fictional college with an ivy League-leaning legacy.

There it is, see—that grey building yonder, with its windows all smothered in ivy.'

Since then the ivy has grown over them to hide their nakedness.

Ironically enough this madrassa is run mostly by ivy League-educated Jews.

The ivy League and other top schools are producing no more than ‘excellent sheep,’ says William Deresiewicz.

The ivy heard them, and she loved the oak-tree more and more.