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snead

snead verb: to cut; lop; prune.

Verb

snead (third-person singular simple present sneads, present participle sneading, simple past and past participle sneaded)

  1. (transitive) To cut; lop; prune.

Noun

snead (plural sneads)

  1. A piece; bit; slice.
  2. (UK) A snath.

Proper noun capitalized: Snead

Snead (countable and uncountable, plural Sneads)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Georgia, United States.

Synonyms of snead

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Forms of snead

Verb
third-person singular presentsneads
present participlesneading
past participlesneaded
pastsneaded
alternative formsneed
alternative formsned
alternative formsnathe
alternative formsnade
alternative formsnid
Noun
pluralsneads
Proper noun
pluralSneads

Origin of snead

Verb from Middle English *sneden, *snæden (found in tosnæden), from Old English snǣdan (“to cut; feed”), from Proto-Germanic *snaidijaną, related to Middle High German sneiten, Icelandic sneiða, English snithe (“to cut”). More at snithe. Noun from Middle English snade, snede, from Old English snǣd (“piece, bit, slice; shaft, handle”), related to Icelandic sneið.

Variant of Sneed.

Questions about snead

What does snead mean?
Snead means to cut; lop; prune.
What part of speech is snead?
Snead can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of snead?
The past tense of snead is sneaded.

Words near snead in the dictionary

  1. sncrna
  2. sncrnas
  3. SNDdeN
  4. SNDN
  5. SNE
  6. snead
  7. sneaded
  8. sneading
  9. sneads
  10. sneak
  11. sneak around

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