sned

English

Verb

sned (third-person singular simple present sneds, present participle snedding, simple past and past participle snedded)

  1. (Britain, dialect) To lop; to snathe.
  2. Alternative form of snead

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sned in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

Abbreviation of Old Swedish snedher. Related to snedd (“obliqueness, inclination”).

Alternative forms

  • sne (colloquial)

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eː

Adjective

sned (comparative snedare, superlative snedast)

  1. not straight; sloping; at a non-right angle to; neither horizontal nor vertical
  2. angry (with), sour; in a very bad mood
  • (not straight): snedda, snett

References

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