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berried

berried is the simple past and past participle of berry.

Adjective

berried (comparative more berried, superlative most berried)

  1. Bearing berries.
    • The kissing-bunch, of berried holly hung with bright and glittering things, spun slowly over Mrs Morel's head as she trimmed her little tarts in the kitchen.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
    • I cycled the three miles each morning between hedges draped with spangled cobwebs and berried bryony.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 216
  2. Consisting of a berry; baccate.
    • a berried shrub
  3. Of a female lobster: bearing fertilized eggs on the underside of the abdomen.

Meaning of berry

Verb (1)

berry (third-person singular simple present berries, present participle berrying, simple past and past participle berried)

  1. (intransitive) To pick berries.
    • On summer days Grandma used to take us berrying, whether we wanted to go or not.
  2. To bear or produce berries.

Verb (2)

berry (third-person singular simple present berries, present participle berrying, simple past and past participle berried)

  1. (transitive) To beat; give a beating to; thrash.
  2. (transitive) To thresh (grain).

See all 22 meanings of berry

Antonyms of berried

Forms of berried

comparativemore berried
superlativemost berried

Questions about berried

What does berried mean?
Berried means bearing berries.
What is berried the simple past and past participle of?
Berried is the simple past and past participle of berry.
What part of speech is berried?
Berried is an adjective.

Words near berried in the dictionary

  1. Berrick Salome
  2. Berrico
  3. Berridale
  4. Berridge
  5. Berridges
  6. berried
  7. Berriedale
  8. Berrien
  9. Berrien County
  10. Berriens
  11. berrier

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