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rubied

rubied is the simple past and past participle of ruby.

Adjective

rubied (comparative more rubied, superlative most rubied)

  1. Decorated with rubies.
    • a rubied crown
  2. (poetic) Of a bright red colour, like rubies.
    • her rubied lips

Meaning of ruby

Verb

ruby (third-person singular simple present rubies, present participle rubying, simple past and past participle rubied)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To make red; to redden.
    • With sanguine drops the walls are rubied1725–1726, Homer, “Book 20”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC

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Forms of rubied

comparativemore rubied
superlativemost rubied

Questions about rubied

What does rubied mean?
Rubied means decorated with rubies.
What is rubied the simple past and past participle of?
Rubied is the simple past and past participle of ruby.
What part of speech is rubied?
Rubied is an adjective.

Words near rubied in the dictionary

  1. rubidium-strontium
  2. rubidiums
  3. rubidomycin
  4. rubidus
  5. rubiduses
  6. rubied
  7. rubies
  8. rubiest
  9. rubific
  10. rubification
  11. rubifications

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