"snee" meaning in English

See snee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sniː/ [Received-Pronunciation, UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snee.wav Forms: snees [plural]
enPR: snē [Received-Pronunciation, UK, US] Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Compare Dutch snee, snede, and German Schneide. Etymology templates: {{cog|nl|snee}} Dutch snee, {{cog|de|Schneide}} German Schneide Head templates: {{en-noun}} snee (plural snees)
  1. (obsolete) A large knife. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-snee-en-noun-ubzdzISh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /sniː/ [Received-Pronunciation, UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snee.wav Forms: snees [present, singular, third-person], sneeing [participle, present], sneed [participle, past], sneed [past]
enPR: snē [Received-Pronunciation, UK, US] Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{en-verb}} snee (third-person singular simple present snees, present participle sneeing, simple past and past participle sneed)
  1. Obsolete spelling of sny (“to abound, swarm, teem, be infested”) . Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: sny (extra: to abound, swarm, teem, be infested) Related terms: snick or snee
    Sense id: en-snee-en-verb-Dtb~cTAB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 20 6 5 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 14 4 4 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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