English Explanatory Dictionary

snead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cut; lop; prune.
noun
  1. A piece; bit; slice.
  2. A snath.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Blount County, Alabama, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Georgia, United States.

Word forms

snead sneads sneading sneaded sneed sned snathe snade snid

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

chip fragment bit chunk clip crumb crumbling cutting flake fleak hunk lump mammock ort piece piecemeal portion scrap scraplet slice snead snippet steck
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