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Haired

//hɛəd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless.

    "It was pointed at the tip, and whilst its dorsum was haired the opposite surface was hairless, hollowed out into a concha and directed forwards and outwards."

  2. 2
    Bearing some specific type of hair. in-compounds

    "He had never walked anywhere arm-in-arm with Colonel Wallis (who was a fine military figure, though sandy-haired) without observing that every woman's eye was upon him; every woman's eye was sure to be upon Colonel Wallis."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or covered with hair wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of hair form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hered, equivalent to hair + -ed. Compare Dutch behaard (“haired”), German behaart (“haired”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English hered, equivalent to hair + -ed. Compare Dutch behaard (“haired”), German behaart (“haired”).

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