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

to ponytailed

1 3.5
To tie hair back with a band behind the head
  • verb
  • /ˈpoʊniˌteɪld/
: recoger en coleta
  • 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
1 3.5
to tie
702 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.