ted

¹

[ted]

verb (used with object)

tedded, tedding 

1. to spread out for drying, as newly mown hay.

Ted

²

[ted]

noun

1. British Slang.,  Teddy boy.

2. a male given name, form of Edward or Theodore.

ted

¹

/ tɛd /

verb

1. to shake out and loosen (hay), so as to dry it

ted

²

/ tɛd /

noun

1. informal,  short for teddy boy

Other Word Forms

• untedded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ted¹

1400–50; late Middle English tedde; cognate with Old Norse tethja to manure, Old High German zettan to spread, Greek dateîsthai to divide

Word History and Origins

Origin of ted¹

C15: from Old Norse tethja; related to tad dung, Old High German zetten to spread

Example Sentences

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Ted Pick said on an earnings call in July that his bank’s performance in Asia was “quite extraordinary” as revenue jumped 28% to $4.6 billion in the region in the first half.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Ted Pick described the backdrop in an earnings call as one in which “macro uncertainty and enormous opportunity uncomfortably coexist.”

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Chris Anderson took over TED 25 years ago, when the internet was young and optimism abounded about the future it could deliver.

Read more on Barron's

Anderson still sees technology, particularly artificial intelligence, as able to bring out the best in humanity, as he hands off leadership of the organization behind TED and its prestigious conferences to Khan Academy founder Sal Khan.

Read more on Barron's

"Conversations about possibility, about what we can build together, have always been at the heart of TED," Anderson said in an interview with AFP.

Read more on Barron's