Definitions of tidy [ˈtaɪ di]

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Definition of 'tidy'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) tidy
neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress.

2.  tidy
clearly organized and systematic.

3.  tidy
tolerably good; acceptable:
They worked out a tidy arrangement.

4.  tidy
fairly large; considerable:
a tidy sum.

5. (v.i.) tidy
to make tidy (often fol. by up).

6. (n.) tidy
a place for keeping miscellaneous articles, as a box with small drawers and compartments.

Etymology: (1200–50; ME tidi, tidy timely, seasonable, good. See tide¹, -y¹)

Definition of 'tidy'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) tidy
receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)

2. (adj) tidy
marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
"a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"

3. (adj) kempt, tidy
(of hair) neat and tidy
"a nicely kempt beard"

4. (verb) goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy
large in amount or extent or degree
"it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"

5. (verb) tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
put (things or places) in order
"Tidy up your room!"

Definition of 'tidy'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) tidy
very neat and clean
I try to keep things tidy.; a tidy person; a tidily dressed man

2. (verb) tidy
to make a place neat and clean
The children are responsible for tidying their own rooms.

Definition of 'tidy'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tidy
the wren; -- called also tiddy

2. (noun) tidy
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

3. (noun) tidy
a child's pinafore

4. tidy
being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather

5. tidy
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

6. (verb) tidy
to put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress

7. (verb) tidy
to make things tidy

Translation of 'tidy'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (negativeuntidy) in good order; neat a tidy room/person; Her hair never looks tidy.
Afrikaans: netjies	Arabic: مُرَتَّب، مُنَظَّم	Bulgarian: спретнат
Brazilian: arrumado	Czech: uklizený, upravený	German: ordentlich
Danish: ryddelig; ordentlig	Greek: τακτικός, περιποιημένος,	Spanish: ordenado
Estonian: korralik	Farsi: مرتب	Finnish: siisti
French: net, ordonné	Hebrew: מְסוּדָר	Hindi: स्वच्छ
Croatian: uredan,čist	Hungarian: rendes	Indonesian: rapi
Icelandic: snyrtilegur	Italian: ordinato	Japanese: きちんとした
Korean: 깔끔한	Lithuanian: tvarkingas	Latvian: kārtīgs; tīrs
Malay: kemas	Dutch: netjes	Norwegian: ordentlig, pen, ryddig
Polish: schludny	Portuguese: arrumado	Romanian: îngrijit; ordonat
Russian: опрятный	Slovak: uprataný, upravený	Slovenian: urejen
Serbian: uredan	Swedish: prydlig, proper	Thai: ที่เป็นระเบียบ
Turkish: düzenli	Taiwanese: 整潔的	Ukrainian: охайний, акуратний
Urdu: صاف ستھرا	Vietnamese: sạch sẽ, ngăn nắp	Chinese: 整洁的
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