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sided

/ˈsaɪdɪd/

sided adjective: having the specified type of side or sides or number of sides. Also the simple past and past participle of side.

Adjective

sided (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Having the specified type of side or sides or number of sides.
    • The man switches off his leaf blower and turns to regard the mountain rising behind his yellow-sided Cape house with its split-rail fence and immaculate yard.2000 December 3, Bill Gifford, “Bunker? What Bunker?”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2020
    • By one measure, the Starbucks bottles can serve as the “perfect containers” for a Molotov cocktail, said Kevin B. Barry, a retired New York Police Department Bomb Squad technician who analyzes how explosives are used in conflicts around the world. “They are excellent for what you need, because it...2012 January 4, Al Baker, “Small and Light, Starbucks Bottles as Tools for Gas Bombs”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

Also used as

sided is also the simple past and past participle of side.

Examples of sided in a sentence

  • “They are excellent for what you need, because it is a weak-sided bottle with a screw-on cap,” Mr.2012 January 4, Al Baker, “Small and Light, Starbucks Bottles as Tools for Gas Bombs”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York...
  • An impenetrable ten-sided monolith, the never-realized structure was to be made of alabaster, with an astronomical tower and a spiraling internal staircase.2023 July 27, Emily LaBarge, “A Strange, but Elegant, Artistic Match”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...

All 17 example sentences with sided

Origin of sided

From side (noun) + -ed (“having”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from sided

Phrases with sided

Questions about sided

What does sided mean?
Sided means having the specified type of side or sides or number of sides.
How do you use sided in a sentence?
“They are excellent for what you need, because it is a weak-sided bottle with a screw-on cap,” Mr.
What part of speech is sided?
Sided is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sided?
Sided is pronounced /ˈsaɪdɪd/.

Words near sided in the dictionary

  1. sidecountry
  2. sidecurl
  3. sidecurls
  4. sidecut
  5. sidecuts
  6. sided
  7. sided against
  8. sided with
  9. sidedish
  10. sidedishes
  11. sidedness

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