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ted  (td)
tr.v. ted·ded, ted·ding, teds Chiefly New England
To strew or spread (newly mown grass, for example) for drying.

[Middle English tedden.]
Regional Note: In 15th-century England the verb ted meant to spread newly cut hay to facilitate its drying. In the mid-19th century an American inventor produced a machine to ted the hay automatically and called it a tedder. Since modern English is inclined to make verbs out of nouns meaning implements or machines, the noun tedder became a verb with the same meaning as the original word ted. Tedder, a New England verb, also turns up in those parts of the Midwest that received settlers from New England.

ted1
vb teds, tedding, tedded
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to shake out and loosen (hay), so as to dry it
[from Old Norse tethja; related to tad dung, Old High German zetten to spread]

ted2
n
(Clothing & Fashion) Informal short for teddy boy
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Noun1.Ted - a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
plug-ugly, tough guy - someone who bullies weaker people
Translations
ted
n (dated Brit inf) → Halbstarke(r) m


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Shyness barred him from the evening gatherings, and what was going on in that house, with young bloods like Ted Pringle, Albert Parsons, Arthur Brown, and Joe Blossom (to name four of the most assiduous) exercising their fascinations at close range, he did not like to think.
She knew that little Ted would turn up again in time, safe and rosy, dirty and serene, and she always received him back with a hearty welcome, for Jo loved her babies tenderly.
for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cumin, and have omit- ted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
 
 
 
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