noun
Meaning 1
Language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tongue, speech, atheed
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
theed
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Pronunciation
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/θiːd/
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/ðiːd/
noun
Meaning 2
Acronym of tetrahydroxyethylethylenediamine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of thee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English þēod (“language”), from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people, tribe”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh2 (“tribe”).