snead

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *sneden, *snæden (found in compound tosnæden), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English snǣdan (“to cut; feed”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *snaidijaną, related to Middle High German sneiten, Icelandic sneiða, English snithe (“to cut”). More at snithe.

Alternative forms

• sneed, sned, snathe, snade

Verb

snead (third-person singular simple present sneads, present participle sneading, simple past and past participle sneaded)

1. (transitive) To cut; lop; prune.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English snade, snede, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English snǣd (“a piece, bit, slice”), related to Icelandic sneið.

Noun

snead (plural sneads)

1. A piece; bit; slice.

Etymology 3

See snatch.

Noun

snead (plural sneads)

1. (UK) A snath.
2. (UK, dialect) A line or cord; a string.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “snead”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Andes, DNase, Danes, Deans, Denas, Sande, Sedan, Sedna, deans, nades, sedan