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• past tense form of berry.
• past participle of berry.

berried

American  

[ber-eed] / ˈbɛr id /

adjective

1. covered with or yielding berries.

2. of or like a berry; baccate.

3. (of lobsters, crayfish, etc.) having eggs.

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Etymology

Origin of berried

First recorded in 1785–95; berry + -ed ³

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Example Sentences

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berried

The floral arrangements used “English foliage — holly, berried ivy and red skimmia,” and the tree was to be recycled to be viewed by holiday visitors to Windsor.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 25, 2022

In fall, masses of winter pansies, ornamental kale and berried shrubs replace tender plantings in the massive window box and containers, while the trim boxwood hedges and clipped hollies carry the show throughout winter.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2021

Twa'nt more'n three weeks after we berried the maid afore Pitter died of starvation and a brokken heart, and I wur left alone.

From Roger Trewinion by Gunning King

Fruit a berried drupe with 10 small seed-like nutlets.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray

I wur nearly mad wi' grief and shame, and the day after my owld man wur berried I wur sittin' in the doorway theer, when Betsey Tressider comed 'long.

From Roger Trewinion by Gunning King

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