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haired

SayHAIRDUS/hɛɹd/UK/hɛəd/AUS/heːd/

3 meanings of haired

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  1. 1
    adjectivein compounds
    Having a certain kind of hair, such as long, curly, or dark hair.

    The dark-haired girl waved at us from across the room.

    Their long-haired dog leaves fur all over the couch.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Having one's own hair growing and still attached, not bald or hairless.

    The puppy's back is haired, but its belly is still pink and bare.

    Our old dog is only thinly haired on her legs now.

    Similarfurred, hairy, furry

    Oppositehairless, bald

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  3. 3
    verb
    Simple past and past participle of hair. Use this form for something that already happened.

    The workers haired the cow skins and then hung them up to dry.

    Once the new bow was haired, she tightened it and began to play.

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haired is a form of hair

hair, verb: To grow new hair where a spot was bald before. Full entry

Forms
hairhairs he/she/ithairing -ing formhaired past tense, past participle
Spelling
hair → haired: add -ed

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Origin

From Middle English hered, made from the word "hair" plus "-ed".