styled
- 1Simple past and past participle of style. Use this form for something that already happened or was done.
She styled her hair into a tight bun before the show.
The decorator styled the lobby with fresh flowers.
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- 2Arranged neatly and set into a fixed, deliberate shape.
Like hair that has been brushed and fixed so it stays in shape.
Her neatly styled hair didn't move in the wind.
The model walked out with perfectly styled curls.
Similararranged, shaped, sculpted, groomed, set
Oppositemessy, tousled, disheveled, unkempt
- 3Having a flower part called a style of the kind named by the word in front of it.
Like the word "long-legged": it describes a part by its kind, just as this describes a flower's style.
Long-styled primrose flowers hold their tip high above the petals.
Gardeners sometimes plant short-styled flowers right next to long-styled ones.
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Showing meanings only.
styled is a form of style
style, verb: To give something a particular design or shape, or to choose and arrange someone's clothes, hair, or look. Full entry
- Spelling
- style → styled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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