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Webster 1913 Edition


Ted

Ted

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tedded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tedding
.]
[Prob. fr. Icel.
te[GREEK]ja
to spread manure, fr.
ta[GREEK]
manure; akin to MHG.
zetten
to scatter, spread. √58. Cf.
Teathe
.]
To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as new-mowed grass; – chiefly used in the past participle.
The smell of grain or
tedded
grass.
Milton.
The
tedded
hay and corn sheaved in one field.
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ted

TED

,
Verb.
T.
A spread; tedu, to distend. Among farmers, to spread; to turn new mowed grass from the swath, and scatter it for drying. [Local.]

Definition 2024


Ted

Ted

See also: ted, TED, teď, and tēḑ

English

Proper noun

Ted

  1. A nickname associated with the male given names Edward and Theodore.

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Synonyms

Noun

Ted (plural Teds)

  1. (informal) A Teddy boy.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Ted

  1. A male given name borrowed from English.

ted

ted

See also: Ted, TED, teď, and tēḑ

English

Noun

ted (plural teds)

  1. teddy boy

Etymology 2

From a possible Old English *teddan, from Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (to strew, scatter).

Verb

ted (third-person singular simple present teds, present participle tedding, simple past and past participle tedded)

  1. To spread hay for drying

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Lojban

Rafsi

ted

  1. rafsi of terdi.