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👱‍♀️ Wearing a ponytail 🪮 To tie hair back
to ponytailed

to ponytailed

3.5
To tie hair back with a band behind the head
  • verb
  • /ˈpoʊniˌteɪld/
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  • Before going for a run, she ponytailed her hair to keep it out of her face.

Examples

  • He quickly ponytailed his daughter's hair before school started.

  • Many dancers ponytailed their hair for the performance to look neat and tidy.

  • She ponytailed her hair before the gym.

  • I ponytailed my hair today.

  • Before going for a run, she ponytailed her hair to keep it out of her face.

  • He quickly ponytailed his daughter's hair before school started.

  • Many dancers ponytailed their hair for the performance to look neat and tidy.

How Tied Back

to ponytailed
3.5
to tie
923 1.0

Surface Forms

ponytailed infinitive
ponytailed past
ponytailed past participle
ponytailing present participle
ponytailed third person singular

Morphology

ponytailed = ponytail (transparent) = pony + tail + ed

The verb 'ponytail' (denominal verb from 'ponytail') takes the regular past/past-participle suffix '-ed' to form 'ponytailed'; the process is straightforward.

Etymology

Ponytailed comes from the parts pony + tail, which means 'tail of a small horse'. To ponytail someone's hair is to tie it back so it looks like that tail, so the verb means fastening hair into that style.