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sned

sned noun: a cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.

Noun

sned (plural sneds)

  1. (Scotland) A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.
  2. snathe (scythe part)

Verb

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

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, archaic, transitive) To lop; lop or chop off.
    Synonyms:
    snathe, snead

Synonyms of sned

Forms of sned

Noun
pluralsneds
alternative Scotlandsnid
alternative Scotlandsneed
alternative Scotlandsnade
alternative Scotlandsnedd
Verb
third-person singular presentsneds
present participlesnedding
past participlesnedded
pastsnedded

Origin of sned

From Middle English snid (attested only in the sense of saw and slaughter), from Old English snid, snide (“a cut, incision; cutting implement, saw”), from Proto-West Germanic *snidi; merging with Middle English snede (“a morsel, bite; scythe”), from Old English snǣd (“something cut off, morsel, bit; scythe handle”).

Questions about sned

What does sned mean?
Sned means a cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.
What part of speech is sned?
Sned can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of sned?
The plural of sned is sneds.

Words near sned in the dictionary

  1. sneckets
  2. snecking
  3. snecking up
  4. snecks
  5. snecks up
  6. sned
  7. snedded
  8. Snedden
  9. Sneddens
  10. snedding
  11. Sneddon

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