Snead
name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A piece; bit; slice.
- 2 A snath. UK
- 3 A line or cord; a string. UK, dialectal
Verb
- 1 To cut; lop; prune. transitive
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
From Middle English snade, snede, from Old English snǣd (“a piece, bit, slice”), related to Icelandic sneið.
Etymology 3
From Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”),
Etymology 4
Variant of Sneed.
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