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ped

/pɛd/

ped noun: a pedestrian.

Noun (1)

ped (plural peds)

  1. (on traffic signs) A pedestrian.
  2. A pedestal.
  3. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A motorcycle.
  4. (rare, slang) A pedophile.

Noun (2)

ped (plural peds)

  1. (obsolete) A basket; a hamper; a pannier.
    • A panel and wanty, packsaddle and ped,
      with line to fetch litter, and halters for hed1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […]...

Noun (3)

ped (plural peds)

  1. (soil science) An aggregate of soil particles that forms a structural unit in soil.

Noun (4) capitalized: PED

PED (countable and uncountable, plural PEDs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of platform edge door.
    Synonyms:
    PSD
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of porcine epidemic diarrhoea.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of personal electronic device, usually an electronic smartphone or other media- or game-playing device.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of performance-enhancing drug.
    • The rationale for use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) varies among athletes.2018, Mark Roettger, Modern Sports Dentistry, Springer, →ISBN, page 189
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of parole eligibility date.

Synonyms of ped

Forms of ped

pluralpeds
pluralPEDs

Plural of ped: peds

Origin of ped

Clipping of various words; motorcycle sense from earlier moped.

Middle English. See peddler.

From Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “soil”).

Words formed from ped

Phrases with ped

Words that rhyme with ped

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Questions about ped

What does ped mean?
Ped means a pedestrian.
What part of speech is ped?
Ped is a noun.
How do you pronounce ped?
Ped is pronounced /pɛd/.
What is the plural of ped?
The plural of ped is peds.

Words near ped in the dictionary

  1. pecuniary
  2. pecuniary unit
  3. pecuniary units
  4. pecuniosity
  5. pecunious
  6. ped
  7. ped day
  8. ped days
  9. ped xing
  10. ped-
  11. peda

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