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sned

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
sned
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.

noun

snathe (scythe part)

verb

To lop; lop or chop off.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: snid, *snidi, snede, snǣd

Usage

Inflected Forms

sneds (plural) snid (alternative, Scotland) sneed (alternative, Scotland) snade (alternative, Scotland) snedd (alternative, Scotland) sneds (present, singular) snedding (participle, present) snedded (participle, past) snedded (past)

Synonyms

snathe snead

Questions

What does sned mean?
A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.
Where does sned come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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