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haired

/hɛəd/ UK
/hɛɹd/ US
/heːd/ Australia
/heəd/ New Zealand
/hiəd/
/heɹd/ Scotland
/hɜː(ɹ)d/

Sounds like heard (fair–fur merger), herd (fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

From Middle English hered, equivalent to hair + -ed. Compare Dutch behaard (“haired”), German behaart (“haired”).

adjective more haired · 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.
in compounds 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.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of hair

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hairy, hirsute, capillary, beard, moustache, hairline, skin, pelage, fur, hairdo, fuzz, hairstyle, haircut, hairdressing, stylist, barber

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adj having hair

Español	cabelludo, cabellado, melenudo, peludo, peloso

adj having certain type of hair

Español	de cabello, de pelo

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@misc{haired_2026,
  title = {haired},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/haired},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}