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ped en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/pɛd/

Etymology

Clipping of various words; motorcycle sense from earlier moped.

Meanings

(qualifier:on traffic signs) A pedestrian.
A pedestal.
(Multicultural-London-English, slang) A motorcycle.
(rare, slang) A pedophile.

Forms

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Deriveds

go-ped · mysoped · ped xing

ped en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/pɛd/

Etymology

Middle English. See peddler.

Meanings

(obsolete) A basket; a hamper; a pannier.
- A panel and wanty, packsaddle and ped, with line to fetch litter, and halters for hed 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:

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ped en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/pɛd/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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Relateds

pedogenesis · ped day · pedality · pedology