swede
see also: Swede
Pronunciation
Swede
Pronunciation
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see also: Swede
Pronunciation
- IPA: /swiːd/
swede (plural swedes)
- (chiefly, British) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
- The plant from which this is obtained.
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The turnip.
- (UK, slang) The head.
- 2005, The Spectator (volume 299, page 49)
- Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede.
- 2005, The Spectator (volume 299, page 49)
- (plant) rutabaga (US, Canada)
- (vegetable) rutabaga (US, Canada), neep (Scotland), yellow turnip (US), winter turnip
- IPA: /swiːd/
swede (swedes, present participle sweding; past and past participle sweded)
- To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.
- 2008, Esquire, "The Five Most Awesomely Sweded Movies ↗"
- Chances are you've sweded something before without even knowing it.
- 2014, The Guardian, "Sweded movies: the end of Hollywood as we know it? ↗"
- Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones and John Rambo are this era's King Arthur, Beowulf and Robin Hood – and sweding represents a playful and heartfelt engagement with their myths.
- 2008, Esquire, "The Five Most Awesomely Sweded Movies ↗"
Swede
Pronunciation
- IPA: /swiːd/
swede (plural swedes)
- A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
- (historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden
- French: Suédois, Suédoise
- German: Schwede, Schwedin
- Italian: svedese
- Portuguese: sueco, sueca
- Russian: швед
- Spanish: sueco, sueca
- German: Svear
- Russian: свей
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