neighed
SayNAYD/neɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of neigh.
The startled mare neighed and reared at the sudden crack of thunder.
Somewhere deep in the dark stable, a horse neighed and then fell silent.
Note
A regular past form whose -ed ending does double duty. One spelling serves the simple past (the mare neighed) and the perfect (the mare had neighed). The verb takes no object, so this form almost never turns passive. It need not belong to a horse: a person who lets out a horse-like whinny has neighed too. In an obsolete use, someone who neighed had scoffed or sneered.
neighed is a form of neigh
neigh, verb: Of a horse, to produce its characteristic high-pitched cry. Full entry
- Spelling
- neigh → neighed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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