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Meaning of TED

Pronunciation:  ted

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  (Brit) a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
 

TED is a 3 letter word that starts with T.

 

 Synonyms: Teddy boy
 
 See Also: plug-ugly, tough guy

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ted\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tedded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tedding}.] [Prob. fr. Icel. te?ja to spread manure, fr. ta?
manure; akin to MHG. zetten to scatter, spread. [root]58. Cf.
{Teathe}.]
To spread, or turn from the swath, and scatter for drying, as
new-mowed grass; -- chiefly used in the past participle.

      The smell of grain or tedded grass.      --Milton.

      The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field.
                                               --Coleridge.

 

 

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