ped

 

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• IPA^(key): /pɛd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛd

Clipping of various words; motorcycle sense from earlier moped.

ped (plural peds)

1. (on traffic signs) A pedestrian.
2. A pedestal.
3. (slang, MLE) A motorcycle.
4. (slang, rare) A pedophile.

Middle English. See peddler.

ped (plural peds)

1. (obsolete) A basket; a hamper; a pannier.
   • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:

     A panel and wanty, packsaddle and ped,
     with line to fetch litter, and halters for hed

 

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From Ancient Greek πέδον (pédon, “soil”).

ped (plural peds)

1. (soil science) An aggregate of soil particles that forms a structural unit in soil.

• ped day

• DEP, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, Pde, dep, dep., dép

From Proto-Slavic *pędь.

pẹ̑d f

1. span (unit of length)

• “ped”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Clipping of velociped. Compare the development to Danish bil, which is derived from automobil.

• IPA^(key): /peːd/
• Rhymes: -eːd

ped m or n

1. (dialectal, Ostrobothnia) bicycle

   Synonym: cykel

   • 2018, Rickard Eklund (lyrics and music), “Tuva”, in (ätt)‎^[1]:

     Åså to an piede å for ut i räine

     And then he took his bike and went out in the rain

• peda

• ped in Ordbok över Finlands svenska folkmål, Institute for the Languages of Finland.

• PDE

• IPA^(key): /ped/

ped (definite accusative pedi, plural pedler)

1. sanitary towel, sanitary napkin

   Synonym: hijyenik ped