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hawed

UK/hɔːd/US/hɔːd/

hawed is the simple past and past participle of haw.

Meaning of haw

Verb (1)

haw (third-person singular simple present haws, present participle hawing, simple past and past participle hawed)

  1. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.

Verb (2)

haw (third-person singular simple present haws, present participle hawing, simple past and past participle hawed)

  1. To turn towards the driver, typically to the left.
    • This horse won't haw when I tell him to.
    Antonyms:
    gee
  2. To cause (an animal) to turn left.
    • You may have to go to the front of the pack and physically haw the lead dog.
    Antonyms:
    gee

See all 13 meanings of haw

Phrases with hawed

Words that rhyme with hawed

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Questions about hawed

What is hawed the simple past and past participle of?
Hawed is the simple past and past participle of haw.
How do you pronounce hawed?
Hawed is pronounced /hɔːd/ (UK).

Words near hawed in the dictionary

  1. Hawcubite
  2. Hawcubites
  3. Hawe
  4. Haweater
  5. Haweaters
  6. hawed
  7. Haweis
  8. Haweises
  9. Hawera
  10. Haweran
  11. Hawes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hawed (page history and authors); haw (page history and authors). 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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