English Explanatory Dictionary

sned

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.
  2. snathe (scythe part)
verb
  1. To lop; lop or chop off.

Word forms

sned sneds snid sneed snade snedd snedding snedded

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”).

Synonyms

snathe snead
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