# haired

Pronunciation: say "HAIRD" US /hɛɹd/, UK /hɛəd/, AUS /heːd/

## Adjective

1. Having hair of a specified type, length, or color, as marked by an accompanying descriptive word.
   - Simple: Having a certain kind of hair, such as long, curly, or dark hair.
   - _A red-haired stranger sat alone at the end of the bar._
   - _The breed is prized for its silky, long-haired coat._
2. Covered with one's own hair, grown and still attached, rather than bald or hairless.
   - Simple: Having one's own hair growing and still attached, not bald or hairless.
   - _A newborn kitten is only lightly haired, and its pink skin shows through in places._
   - _The female's tail is noticeably more haired than the male's._

## Verb

3. Simple past tense and past participle of hair. — simple past and past participle of hair
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of hair. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The tanner haired the hides before sending them to the tanning pits._
   - _The bow maker haired the new violin bow with pale horsehair._

## Origin

From Middle English hered, equivalent to "hair" plus "-ed", comparable to Dutch behaard and German behaart, both meaning "haired".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/haired (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).