"faxed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more faxed [comparative], most faxed [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). More at fax. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*faxed}} Middle English *faxed, {{inh|en|ang|feaxed}} Old English feaxed, {{m|ang|ġefeaxed|t=haired; having hair}} ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), {{der|en|ang|feax||hair}} Old English feax (“hair”), {{l|en|fax}} fax Head templates: {{en-adj}} faxed (comparative more faxed, superlative most faxed)
  1. (obsolete) Having a head of hair; hairy. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: fixed Derived forms: faxed star
    Sense id: en-faxed-en-adj-zgiBA5gQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From fax (“to send a fax/facsimile”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|fax||to send a fax/facsimile}} fax (“to send a fax/facsimile”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} faxed
  1. simple past and past participle of fax Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: fax
    Sense id: en-faxed-en-verb-K~rVe27y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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