Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ivied

/ˈaɪviːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ivied
IPA: /ˈaɪviːd/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant.

Example Sentences

"[…] Lancelot Carnaby stopped from his rash venture into the water, and drew himself back into an ivied bush, which served as the finial of the little garden-hedge."
"But he was broodingly unable to see even the most ivied tower as anything but a pile of stones till, inexplicably, the miracle of recovered hope and courage transformed him."
"Even a place as innocent and unsqualid as the ivied Wesleyan University in Connecticut provokes contempt[…]"
"[…] great glossy-leaved mango trees ivied with pepper vines […]"

Etymology

From ivy + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more ivied (comparative) most ivied (superlative)

Synonyms

ivy-covered

Antonyms

univied

Questions

How do you pronounce ivied?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaɪviːd/.
What does ivied mean?: Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant.
Where does ivied come from?: From ivy + -ed.

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