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sandaled

sandaled

1 2.6
Wearing sandals on your feet
  • adjective
  • /ˈsændəld/
translation icon : sandaleado
  • As she walked along the beach, the sand slipped between her sandaled toes.
  • sandaled feet

Examples

  • She did not stop even when she saw the sandaled feet of her cousin in front of her.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • A sandaled foot enters the frame and taps their leg.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I could feel the wet blades of grass against the bare sides of my sandaled feet.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Then she lifted her sandaled foot, set it down on her own red ball, and swung as hard as she could against it.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Some were dressed in scavenged shirts and pants, with sandaled feet and bare skin.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Amrish fell to his knees, then lay his head very close to his wife's sandaled feet.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Lute gave the dog a gentle nudge with his sandaled foot.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The thought makes my toes curl under my sandaled feet as I nervously scan the ground.

    Academic text (2010)
  • I kicked my briefcase over in front of my chair and propped my swollen, sandaled feet on it.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • At length, he sought adventure in distant lands, and trod the jeweled thrones of the earth beneath his sandaled feet.

Synonyms

shod
vssandaled
1 7.2

Wearing shoes or other footwear

is specific to open footwear rather than general shoes
shoed
vssandaled
1 5.6

A person, animal, or thing that wears coverings on the feet, for example horses with metal pieces on their hooves

is used for human open footwear rather than animal hoof coverings

Antonyms

72 1.1

Not wearing shoes or socks

How Protective

work shoe
2 2.7
boot
574 1.0
footwear
37 1.0
cleats
  • US
2.8
sandaled
1 2.6
soft shoes
1 2.8

Surface Forms

sandaled positive

Morphology

sandaled = sandal (transparent) = sandal + ed

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'sandal' with the regular adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed' meaning 'wearing sandals'.

Etymology

Sandaled comes from the simple word sandal, which means 'a light open shoe'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture someone on a sunny beach with 'sandaled' feet, because sandaled means 'wearing sandals'.