: having hair especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-haired
Examples of haired in a Sentence
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Serra, 30 and shaggy haired, had shown his first splash piece a year earlier, in a group show at the Castelli Warehouse, a storage space on West 108th Street.
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Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Frizzy haired folks – this spray is going to be your new best friend!
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
Stepping away from the glass cases, Jonathan Massaquoi, 37, sat on a bench with his one-year-old curly haired son Miles on his lap, while his wife held Zora, 3, sporting a purple shirt with the names Sojourner, Phyllis and Frederick in bold white letters.
—Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
One silver-haired gentleman slackened in his chair, snoring.
—Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
Jelani Sample is gone:But his spiky-haired Arizona driver's license legacy lives on Reach Goodykoontz at bill.goodykoontz@arizonarepublic.com.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
On a recent afternoon, the 150-capacity or so Peppered Pig sky-blue-walled dining room is hosting a mix of suit-and-tie lunch-hour types, snow-haired retirees, some off-day service-industry and other unpretentious folks.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 1 Mar. 2023
Time magazine recited the inconvenienced celebrities: Lucille Ball’s wire-haired terrier turned up in her basement, swimming in 4 feet of water.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
Lane’s Irving, silver-haired and track-suited, whines hyper-dramatically to Wanamaker’s svelte, immaculately coifed Jean.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
Frizzy haired folks – this spray is going to be your new best friend!
—Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
Stepping away from the glass cases, Jonathan Massaquoi, 37, sat on a bench with his one-year-old curly haired son Miles on his lap, while his wife held Zora, 3, sporting a purple shirt with the names Sojourner, Phyllis and Frederick in bold white letters.
—Samantha Latson, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
One silver-haired gentleman slackened in his chair, snoring.
—Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
Jelani Sample is gone:But his spiky-haired Arizona driver's license legacy lives on Reach Goodykoontz at bill.goodykoontz@arizonarepublic.com.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
On a recent afternoon, the 150-capacity or so Peppered Pig sky-blue-walled dining room is hosting a mix of suit-and-tie lunch-hour types, snow-haired retirees, some off-day service-industry and other unpretentious folks.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 1 Mar. 2023
Time magazine recited the inconvenienced celebrities: Lucille Ball’s wire-haired terrier turned up in her basement, swimming in 4 feet of water.
—Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
Lane’s Irving, silver-haired and track-suited, whines hyper-dramatically to Wanamaker’s svelte, immaculately coifed Jean.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Haired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haired. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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haired
adjective
: having hair especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
red-haired
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