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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
sned (third-person singular simple present sneds, present participle snedding, simple past and past participle snedded)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Abbreviation of Old Swedish snedher. Related to snedd (“obliqueness, inclination”).
Alternative forms[edit]
- sne (colloquial)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
Inflection of sned | |||
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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[edit]
- (not straight): snedda
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