"high-heeled" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} high-heeled (not comparable)
  1. (footwear) Having tall heels. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Footwear Synonyms (having tall heels): high-heel Translations (having tall heels): korkeakorkoinen (Finnish), à talon haut (French), hochhackig (German), ard-voynnagh (Manx), өндөр өсгийтэй (öndör ösgiitej) (Mongolian), na visoku petu (Serbo-Croatian), de tacón (Spanish), de tacón alto (Spanish), högklackad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-high-heeled-en-adj-tyvSkw8f Disambiguation of 'having tall heels': 77 23 Disambiguation of 'having tall heels': 77 23
  2. Wearing high heels. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-high-heeled-en-adj-IQ1MTiLm

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} high-heeled
  1. simple past and past participle of high-heel Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: high-heel
    Sense id: en-high-heeled-en-verb-zcgXSJ7E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 28 67 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 16 80 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 23 69

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