sned
English
Verb
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
Abbreviation of Old Swedish snedher. Related to snedd (“obliqueness, inclination”).
Alternative forms
- sne (colloquial)
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
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 |
Masculine plural3 | snede | 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. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms
- (not straight): snedda