ged
noun
any fish of the pike family.
ged
1 American
[ged]
/ gɛd /
Or
gedd
noun
Scot. and North England.
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ged,
plural
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geds
plural
GED
2
American
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general educational development.
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general equivalency diploma.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ged
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English gedde, from Old Norse gedda “pike”
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Wenders says he plans to return when Hammett is finished, and Herzog, that most rug ged of rugged individualists, will make German films wherever he is.
From Time Magazine Archive
John Murray Cuddihy calls this jag ged meditation a "midrash."
From Time Magazine Archive
Hadn't they heard that the rug ged Baltimore defense, which held three teams scoreless in regular season play, made a specialty of manhandling up pity quarterbacks?
From Time Magazine Archive
This could be about as exciting as studying for your ged, but the results are actually kind of great.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Less ged oud," said Mr. Mintz to his colleagues.
From The Clarion by William Dodge Stevens
They’d been told they would likely need to pass the GED exam to apply to college, and that would be difficult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The time guys normally spend learning in GED or college classes, or socializing and building community in prisoner-run workshops, is now wasted inside their cells gossiping and scheming.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025
He earned his GED,, external and learned to be a carpenter and bricklayer, but in a pivotal moment for his life, he was introduced to boxing by a coach called Doc Broadus.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
When I remarried in 2004, I was a single mother with a GED and a failed college course or two under my belt.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024
When she was seventeen, she had made a fleeting effort to get her GED.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
He's gi'n Jim Crawshaw th' deeds o' Crawshaw Fowd, and towd him as he can pay him back when he geds th' brass.’
From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Marshall Mather
See yo', it geds broder—more like a ribbin—a brode, yollow ribbin, like that aw wore i' mi hat when I were a little lass.
From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Marshall Mather
Now safe the stately sawmont sail, And trouts bedropp'd wi' crimson hail, And eels, weel-ken'd for souple tail, And geds for greed, Since, dark in Death's fish-creel, we wail Tam Samson's dead!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
"When a cotton-buyer geds down, he stays," was all the explanation he ever gave us.
From Strong Hearts by George Washington Cable
Leet it, Lord, and dunnot put it aat till he geds through to wheere they've no need o' candles, becose Thaa gies them th' leet o' Thysel.’
From Lancashire Idylls (1898) by Marshall Mather
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