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keds

keds is the plural of ked.

Meaning of ked

Noun

ked (plural keds)

  1. Any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus.
    • Pouring with tobacco liquor is fatal to these insects, and also to the ked, Hippobosca ovina, and to the tick, Acarus reduvius, if it fairly reach them.1839, Rev. Dr Singer, Flies and other insects hurtful to live stock, &c.: Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, page 132
    Synonyms:
    louse fly, Melophagus ovinus

Noun (1) capitalized: KEDs

KEDs

  1. (plural) plural of KED

Noun (2) capitalized: Keds

Keds pl (normally plural, singular Ked)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Plimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.
    • Now for any mid-century boy worth his Keds, mastery of the pea-shooter was a skill on a par with tree fort construction, delivering a satisfactory nuggy, and frying ants with sunshine and a magnifying glass.2018 July 11, Jerome Christenson, “An ode to the plastic straw”, in La Crosse Tribune, volume 115, number 57, La Crosse, Wis., →ISSN, page B2, column 4
    • Once far from the flooding light, Caleb pulled up short, and her Keds skidded out from under her on the damp pavement.2022, Dani Pettrey, The Deadly Shallows (Coastal Guardians; 3), Thorndike, Me.: Center Point Large Print, →ISBN, page 417

Forms of keds

singularKed

Origin of keds

Modified from Peds (the name initially chosen for the brand, which was already trademarked), from Latin pedēs (“feet”), plural of pēs (“foot”).

Phrases with keds

Questions about keds

What does keds mean?
Keds means plimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.
What is keds the plural of?
Keds is the plural of ked.
What part of speech is keds?
Keds is a noun.

Words near keds in the dictionary

  1. Kediri
  2. kedjeree
  3. kedlock
  4. kedlocks
  5. kedoshim
  6. keds
  7. kedusha
  8. kedushah
  9. kedushahs
  10. Kedzie
  11. Kedzierski

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Adapted from Wiktionary: keds (page history and authors); KEDs (page history and authors); Keds (page history and authors); ked (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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