haired
/hɛəd/US/hɛɹd/
haired adjective: bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless. Also the simple past and past participle of hair.
Adjective
haired (comparative more haired, superlative most haired)
- 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.1888, Charles Wyville Thomson, Sir John Murray, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, page 40
- He made only one exception: our big rangy Llewellin setter named Frank, a blue-ticked genius that knew integral calculus where quail were concerned, and was haired almost as thinly as a pointer.1993, Robert Ruark, The Old Man's Boy Grows Older, page 205
- Bearing some specific type of hair.
- 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.1818, Jane Austen, chapter 15, in Persuasion
- Mr Brogley himself was a moist-eyed, pink-complexioned, crisp-haired man, of a bulky figure and an easy temper […]1848, Charles Dickens, chapter 9, in Dombey and Son
Also used as
haired is also the simple past and past participle of hair.
haired meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Odia and Nepali
haired in Hindi
- बालों वाला
haired in Urdu
- بالوں والا
haired in Odia
- କେଶଯୁକ୍ତ
haired in Nepali
- केशयुक्त
Examples of haired in a sentence
- She was a raven-haired beauty.
- Their tails are both indistinctly bicolored, but N. picta has a thinner and more haired tail.2014, Gerardo Ceballos, Mammals of Mexico, page 306:
- The pollard willows, tortured out of their natural shape by incessant choppings, became spiny-haired monsters as they stood up against it.1892, Thomas Hardy, chapter 28, in Tess of the D'Urbervilles, page 196:
- He was a tiny wiry-haired fellow with a pale, sharp-featured face and restless movements.1934, George Orwell, chapter 2, in Burmese Days:
- A clean-shaven, close-haired saint was an anomaly.1958, R. K. Narayan, chapter 4, in The Guide, Penguin, published 1988, page 45:
Forms of haired
| comparative | more haired |
|---|---|
| superlative | most haired |
Origin of haired
From Middle English hered, equivalent to hair + -ed. Compare Dutch behaard (“haired”), German behaart (“haired”).
Words formed from haired
Phrases with haired
Words that rhyme with haired
Questions about haired
- What does haired mean?
- Haired means bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless.
- What is haired in Hindi?
- Haired in Hindi is बालों वाला. See Haired meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use haired in a sentence?
- She was a raven-haired beauty.
- What part of speech is haired?
- Haired is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce haired?
- Haired is pronounced /hɛəd/ (UK).
Words near haired in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: haired (page history and authors); haired (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haired (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haired (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haired (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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