hyphen
noun
a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
hyphened
-
past participleof hyphen.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
-
past tense formof hyphen.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hyphennouna short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
Example Sentences
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To meet the supposed legal exigencies the two names were simply hyphened.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Charles W. Bardsley
These slight differences are by no means accidental, because Alms-basket is hyphened to count as two words and thereby cause the long word to be the 151st word.
From Bacon is Shake-Speare by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence
Golden-nob is 'a variety of apple'; see E.D.D.: and as a special name, which the passage implies, it should be hyphened.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English
Mr. Tempest, unimpressed by the hyphened St. Clair, was unwilling to allow the courtship to proceed.
From The Simpkins Plot by George A. Birmingham
The shortening of the first line is never a blemish, but a too short second line following a hyphened first line is always a fault.
From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
