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Definition of colliednext
chiefly British dialect

collied

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verb

past tense of colly, chiefly British dialect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for collied
Adjective
  • By the closer — a grim, sooty final reckoning with the events of June 13 — the colourful escapism of the Uphaar’s Bollywood posters suddenly looks half a world away.
    Mike McCahill, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Carbon condenses into sooty dust in the rapidly whirling wind, which glows in infrared light that is invisible to the human eye.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022
Verb
  • The internet already messed her up pretty good.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The internet already messed her up pretty good.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • An arriving officer arrested the Parma Heights resident, who was crocked, for disorderly conduct.
    John Benson, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Although the treaty promised an annuity, payments were often late or siphoned off to crocked traders.
    Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 8 Aug. 2019
Verb
  • Extreme deficits may lead to obsessive food tracking, anxiety around eating, or disordered eating patterns.
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2026
  • These measurements revealed that the second conductivity drop occurred when the atomic structure of the warm dense aluminum suddenly lost its orderly arrangement and became disordered.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Her Brooklyn apartment looks small and a bit shabby, but comfortable.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The other side of scrimmage was not too shabby, either, in holding seven opponents to 14 or fewer points.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • True coffee enthusiasts know that a good coffee grinder plays a huge role in the extraction process and preventing a muddled flavor.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Tonight, Bluebland’s glasses reflect a muddled crowd.
    Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • That's because the topping of this cake is all jumbled up, sorta resembling the mess left behind when a tornado rolls through an open plain in Texas.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Likewise, the Padres view King’s return as an important piece of a rotation puzzle that had been jumbled by the loss of Yu Darvish to elbow surgery and the prospect of losing both King and Cease to free agency.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Stamptown is a raunchy and chaotic, full-on fever dream featuring the most eclectic performances from around the world.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Back in May, Momoa accompanied Arjona to the Cannes Film Festival to premiere her raunchy comedy Splitsville.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Collied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collied. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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