ivied

American  

[ahy-veed] / ˈaɪ vid /

adjective

1. covered or overgrown with ivy.

   ivied walls.

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ivied British  

/ ˈaɪvɪd /

adjective

1. covered with ivy

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Etymology

Origin of ivied

First recorded in 1765–75; ivy + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Through new programs in engineering, computer technology, and health care, teens who once seemed to have carpentry and clogged kitchen sinks in their futures are aiming for the ivied aeries of academia.

From Washington Times

You may quarrel with his argument; you may say that he was projecting onto the larger world what was happening within his own cloistered, ivied walls.

From New York Times

I've been wondering if these ivied halls were producing graduates thoroughly incapable of holding down a job at a normal firm, with all the office politics, different personalities, etc.

From New York Times

The top six batters in their lineup all clobbered a ball over the ivied wall, and the first five blasts were each drilled by a different hitter aged 26 or younger.

From Washington Post

On a mostly bare set, with arches evoking Princeton’s ivied halls and an orchestra stuffed into a loft like so many pigeons, young Scott dreams of love, literature and social success.

From New York Times