"ted" meaning in English

See ted in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɛd/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland], /ted/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /ʈɛɖ/ [India] Forms: teds [plural]
enPR: tĕd Rhymes: -ɛd Etymology: From a pet form of Edward, in reference to Edwardian styles affected by youths. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ted (plural teds)
  1. A Teddy boy.
    Sense id: en-ted-en-noun-Ln56i2LM Categories (other): English 3-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0

Verb

IPA: /tɛd/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland], /ted/ [General-Australian, New-Zealand], /ʈɛɖ/ [India] Forms: teds [present, singular, third-person], tedding [participle, present], tedded [participle, past], tedded [past]
enPR: tĕd Rhymes: -ɛd Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tedden, from a possible Old English *teddan, from Proto-West Germanic *taddjan, from Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (“to strew, scatter”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|tedden|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English tedden, {{inh+|en|enm|tedden}} Inherited from Middle English tedden, {{der|en|ang|*teddan}} Old English *teddan, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*taddjan}} Proto-West Germanic *taddjan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*tadjaną||to strew, scatter}} Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (“to strew, scatter”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ted (third-person singular simple present teds, present participle tedding, simple past and past participle tedded)
  1. To spread hay for drying.
    Sense id: en-ted-en-verb-t2Qh4Ol9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Agriculture Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0

Inflected forms

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