haired
Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attachedBearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless.
» A white-haired man was playing an accordion outside the store.
Meaning
2 sensesBearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless.
(in compounds)Bearing some specific type of hair.
1924, Yevgeny Zamyatin, We, translated by Gregory Zilboorg, New York: Dutton, 1952, Record Twenty-Seven, p. 145, Long-haired, austere eyebrows turned to me.
She was a raven-haired beauty.
having or covered with hair
Examples
56 sentencesA white-haired man was playing an accordion outside the store.
Outside the store, a gray-haired man was playing an accordion.
She's a blonde-haired girl.
Cookie is a long-haired cat.
Кукі — довгокошерстий кіт. — deniko
Cookie is a short-haired cat.
Кукі — короткошерстий кіт. — deniko
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English hered, equivalent to hair + -ed. Compare Dutch behaard (“haired”), GerFrom Middle English hered, equivalent to hair + -ed. Compare Dutch behaard (“haired”), German behaart (“haired”).
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Forms
more haired, most haired| Comparative | more haired Lesson |
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| Superlative | most haired Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form