sned

English

Verb

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

(Britain, dialectal, transitive) To lop.
Synonyms: snathe, snead

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sned in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Ends, NDEs, dens, ends, neds, send

Swedish

Etymology

Abbreviation of Old Swedish snedher. Related to snedd (“obliqueness, inclination”).

Alternative forms

sne (colloquial)

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eː

Adjective

sned (comparative snedare, superlative snedast)

not straight; sloping; at a non-right angle to; neither horizontal nor vertical
angry (with), sour; in a very bad mood

Declension

Inflection of sned
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	sned	snedare	snedast
Neuter singular	snett	snedare	snedast
Plural	sneda	snedare	snedast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	snede	snedare	snedaste
All	sneda	snedare	snedaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Related terms

(not straight): snedda

References

sned in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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