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

Ted Cruz of Texas focused on protests outside the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices in the wake of their 2021 decision overturning abortion rights.

From BBC

In January, Ted Koerner’s Altadena house was incinerated in the Eaton fire along with thousands of others.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s made nice with quite a few other transphobes lately, including Graham Linehan, the Father Ted and IT Crowd creator who was briefly arrested in London last month for tweets that invited readers to “punch” trans women “in the balls” if they’re situated in women-oriented spaces.

From Slate

Ed Gein may not be America’s most infamous serial killer — he’s eclipsed by the likes of Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer in the public imagination — but his macabre crimes were fodder for several classic horror movies that are permanently imprinted on American minds.

From Los Angeles Times

A year after Fonda and Hayden divorced in 1990, she married CNN founder and philanthropist Ted Turner, who she once described as “my favorite ex-husband.”

From Los Angeles Times