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minnowed

minnowed adjective: containing or full of minnows. Also the simple past and past participle of minnow.

Adjective

minnowed (comparative more minnowed, superlative most minnowed)

  1. (literary, rare) Containing or full of minnows.
    • Looking out from within the hillside, the entrance frames the buttress of Nab Scar, and on the floor a minnowed pool draws reflections from the sunlit boulders outside.1976, Vera Burden, History, People, and Places in the Lake District, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire: Spurbooks Limited, →ISBN, page 90

Also used as

minnowed is also the simple past and past participle of minnow.

Forms of minnowed

comparativemore minnowed
superlativemost minnowed

Origin of minnowed

From minnow + -ed.

Questions about minnowed

What does minnowed mean?
Minnowed means containing or full of minnows.
What part of speech is minnowed?
Minnowed is an adjective.

Words near minnowed in the dictionary

  1. minnock
  2. minnocked
  3. minnocking
  4. minnocks
  5. minnow
  6. minnowed
  7. minnower
  8. minnowers
  9. minnowing
  10. minnowlike
  11. minnows

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