Ivy
noun
A type of plant that clings onto walls or trees and has dark green, shiny leaves.
The old stone wall was completely covered in ivy.
Often appears as...
- covered in ivy
- ivy-covered
noun
A way to refer to the prestigious universities in the Northeastern US that includes Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
She dreamed of studying at an Ivy League school.
Often appears as...
- ivy league school
- ivy league university
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Approving
Academic
noun
A type of plant that clings onto walls or trees and has dark green, shiny leaves.
The old stone wall was completely covered in ivy.
Often appears as...
- covered in ivy
- ivy-covered
noun
A way to refer to the prestigious universities in the Northeastern US that includes Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
She dreamed of studying at an Ivy League school.
Often appears as...
- ivy league school
- ivy league university
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Symbolism
Ivy often symbolizes fidelity, friendship, and eternity in literature and art.
The ivy wrapping around the ancient tree symbolized their everlasting love.
Pro Tip 2/3Invasive Species
Some ivy types are considered invasive and harmful to buildings and ecosystems.
The invasive ivy damaged the walls of our house.
Pro Tip 3/3Decorative Plant
Ivy is commonly used for decorative purposes, both indoors and outdoors.
She decorated the room with pots of lush green ivy.
Pro Tip 1/3Symbolism
Ivy often symbolizes fidelity, friendship, and eternity in literature and art.
The ivy wrapping around the ancient tree symbolized their everlasting love.
Pro Tip 2/3Invasive Species
Some ivy types are considered invasive and harmful to buildings and ecosystems.
The invasive ivy damaged the walls of our house.
Pro Tip 3/3Decorative Plant
Ivy is commonly used for decorative purposes, both indoors and outdoors.
She decorated the room with pots of lush green ivy.
Pro Tip 1/3Symbolism
Ivy often symbolizes fidelity, friendship, and eternity in literature and art.
The ivy wrapping around the ancient tree symbolized their everlasting love.
Pro Tip 2/3Invasive Species
Some ivy types are considered invasive and harmful to buildings and ecosystems.
The invasive ivy damaged the walls of our house.
Pro Tip 3/3Decorative Plant
Ivy is commonly used for decorative purposes, both indoors and outdoors.
She decorated the room with pots of lush green ivy.
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Discovering Wildlife in...
It's really interesting that we just have graves here in the middle of the woodlands. The nature is kind of just overgrown and slowly taken over the ash trees, the sycamore, the bramble, the ivy And since then, it's just kind of been left to do its own thing. So it's kind of like accidental rewilding. I think it's incredible how quickly it's happened.
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How to step up in the...
we repair properties you sent me to that place on Washington Street yesterday and now I'm covered in poison ivy so this is what filled our days we had to learn how to answer questions quickly and to solve problems in about a minute or less because otherwise something more urgent would come up and it just wouldn't get
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Caitria and Morgan...
and now I'm covered in poison ivy. So this is what filled our days. We had to learn how to answer questions quickly and to solve problems in a minute or less; otherwise, something more urgent would come up, and it wouldn't get done. We didn't get our authority from the board of selectmen
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Can steroids save your...
can help keep this renegade immune response under control— but because of the negative psychological and physiological effects of longterm exposure, higher doses are reserved for emergencies and flare-ups. While an asthma attack, poison ivy welts, and irritable bowel syndrome
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Protecting Yourself From...
right next to each other and jewelweed is awesome at helping with poison ivy I'll tell you how to determine whether it's jewelweed and where it kind of gets its name hold it under water and it'll shimmer just like a little diamond it's really cool stuff that's about enough
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Can you actually boost...
what do they even mean? Do they mean boost the histamine that's released when exposed to poison ivy? Well, that would you itch a lot more. Do they mean supercharge your T and B cells? Might that lead your body to attack its own cells, as we see with autoimmune conditions?
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Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
the trunk it's made it nice and soft at the base and that's where they'll then start digging and make the termite mound and I think the tree as a result has started to grow in a particular way because of the termite mound now ivy and I think that this this lovely tambuti
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She Shoots, She Scores:...
the tigers won the ivy league championship their seventh in a row they advanced to the second round of the ncaa tournament and lost a heartbreaker to a tough syracuse team during the season little kari missed a few games with an injury but she made it back on the field
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Mac Barnett: Why a good...
she went trudging through the ivy, and then her eyes just got so wide, and she pointed out this melon that was bigger than her head, and then all the kids ran over there and rushed around her, and one of the kids was like, "Hey, why is there a sticker on this?"
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Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
hello ivy Ivy would like to know are there any predators that go after the crocodiles when a crocodiles at this size Ivy very little will go after it
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
It's really interesting that we just have graves here in the middle of the woodlands. The nature is kind of just overgrown and slowly taken over the ash trees, the sycamore, the bramble, the ivy And since then, it's just kind of been left to do its own thing. So it's kind of like accidental rewilding. I think it's incredible how quickly it's happened.
Video examples
How to step up in the...
we repair properties you sent me to that place on Washington Street yesterday and now I'm covered in poison ivy so this is what filled our days we had to learn how to answer questions quickly and to solve problems in about a minute or less because otherwise something more urgent would come up and it just wouldn't get
Video examples
Caitria and Morgan...
and now I'm covered in poison ivy. So this is what filled our days. We had to learn how to answer questions quickly and to solve problems in a minute or less; otherwise, something more urgent would come up, and it wouldn't get done. We didn't get our authority from the board of selectmen
Video examples
Can steroids save your...
can help keep this renegade immune response under control— but because of the negative psychological and physiological effects of longterm exposure, higher doses are reserved for emergencies and flare-ups. While an asthma attack, poison ivy welts, and irritable bowel syndrome
Video examples
Protecting Yourself From...
right next to each other and jewelweed is awesome at helping with poison ivy I'll tell you how to determine whether it's jewelweed and where it kind of gets its name hold it under water and it'll shimmer just like a little diamond it's really cool stuff that's about enough
Video examples
Can you actually boost...
what do they even mean? Do they mean boost the histamine that's released when exposed to poison ivy? Well, that would you itch a lot more. Do they mean supercharge your T and B cells? Might that lead your body to attack its own cells, as we see with autoimmune conditions?
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
the trunk it's made it nice and soft at the base and that's where they'll then start digging and make the termite mound and I think the tree as a result has started to grow in a particular way because of the termite mound now ivy and I think that this this lovely tambuti
Video examples
She Shoots, She Scores:...
the tigers won the ivy league championship their seventh in a row they advanced to the second round of the ncaa tournament and lost a heartbreaker to a tough syracuse team during the season little kari missed a few games with an injury but she made it back on the field
Video examples
Mac Barnett: Why a good...
she went trudging through the ivy, and then her eyes just got so wide, and she pointed out this melon that was bigger than her head, and then all the kids ran over there and rushed around her, and one of the kids was like, "Hey, why is there a sticker on this?"
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
hello ivy Ivy would like to know are there any predators that go after the crocodiles when a crocodiles at this size Ivy very little will go after it
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John Updike
American Novelist
Golf's ultimate moral instruction directs us to find within ourselves a pivotal center of enjoyment: relax into a rhythm that fits the hills and swales, and play the shot at hand - not the last one, or the next one, but the one at your feet, in the poison ivy, where you put it.
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Amy Alcott
American Athlete
Golf isn't just about hitting a lot of drivers. I grew up playing on my front lawn, chipping and putting into soup cans, out of the ivy and over rose bushes and hedges - the little Alcott Golf and Country Club. I just loved having a wedge in my hands.
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Steve Erickson
American Novelist
I own one movie by fellow Swede Ingmar Bergman, because I have to. You can't be a movie critic with a collection of six or seven hundred DVDs that includes everything from 'Tokyo Story' to 'Poison Ivy: The New Seduction' and not have a Bergman movie.
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Michael N. Castle
American Politician
By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just as great, if not greater, than students attending ivy league schools.
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Edward Carey
English Novelist
I had a very happy childhood. But I was sent off to boarding school at quite a young age, this massive Victorian house that was suffocated in ivy. I think there is a part of that school in 'Heap House.
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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.
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John Cooper Clarke
English Poet
My look was based on the Madison Avenue guy who's just lost his job. Ivy League suit a bit scuzzed up, an outgrown layer cut and five o'clock shadow.
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Richard Burton
Welsh Actor
False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
A relative of poison ivy and poison sumac, the cashew contains the same rash-inducing chemicals, known as urushiols, as its kin.
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George Ade
American Playwright
One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
Golf's ultimate moral instruction directs us to find within ourselves a pivotal center of enjoyment: relax into a rhythm that fits the hills and swales, and play the shot at hand - not the last one, or the next one, but the one at your feet, in the poison ivy, where you put it.
Quote examples
Amy Alcott
American Athlete
Golf isn't just about hitting a lot of drivers. I grew up playing on my front lawn, chipping and putting into soup cans, out of the ivy and over rose bushes and hedges - the little Alcott Golf and Country Club. I just loved having a wedge in my hands.
Quote examples
Steve Erickson
American Novelist
I own one movie by fellow Swede Ingmar Bergman, because I have to. You can't be a movie critic with a collection of six or seven hundred DVDs that includes everything from 'Tokyo Story' to 'Poison Ivy: The New Seduction' and not have a Bergman movie.
Quote examples
Michael N. Castle
American Politician
By climbing a steeper road, the value and appreciation Delaware State students took and continue to take from their education and their experiences is just as great, if not greater, than students attending ivy league schools.
Quote examples
Edward Carey
English Novelist
I had a very happy childhood. But I was sent off to boarding school at quite a young age, this massive Victorian house that was suffocated in ivy. I think there is a part of that school in 'Heap House.
Quote examples
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.
Quote examples
John Cooper Clarke
English Poet
My look was based on the Madison Avenue guy who's just lost his job. Ivy League suit a bit scuzzed up, an outgrown layer cut and five o'clock shadow.
Quote examples
Richard Burton
Welsh Actor
False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.
Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
A relative of poison ivy and poison sumac, the cashew contains the same rash-inducing chemicals, known as urushiols, as its kin.
Quote examples
George Ade
American Playwright
One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.
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