"coded" meaning in English

See coded in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkəʊdɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-coded.wav Forms: more coded [comparative], most coded [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊdɪd Head templates: {{en-adj}} coded (comparative more coded, superlative most coded)
  1. Encoded; written in code or cipher.
    Sense id: en-coded-en-adj-6T0NTI10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 19 28 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 17 23 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 15 27 3
  2. (by extension) Portrayed in a way that suggests or resembles having a specific trait or inspiration, without being officially explicitly stated as having that trait. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-coded-en-adj-vcLlJQ5k
  3. (colloquial) Like; resembling or having the characteristics of. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-coded-en-adj-Vi2OY7~l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autocoded, binary-coded decimal, binary-coded, hard-coded, codedness, miscoded, noncoded, precoded, pseudocoded, queercoded, colour-coded [UK], (US) color-coded [UK], uncoded

Verb

IPA: /ˈkəʊdɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-coded.wav
Rhymes: -əʊdɪd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} coded
  1. simple past and past participle of code Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: code
    Sense id: en-coded-en-verb-HaE5~DHK
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