Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native of Sweden, a kingdom of Europe which occupies the eastern part of the Scandinavian peninsula. Since 1814 it has been united with Norway under a common sovereign.
- noun [cap. or lowercase] A Swedish turnip.
- noun A cannon consisting of a thin metal tube wound around with rope and covered with leather.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Sweden.
- noun (Bot.) A Swedish turnip. See under
Turnip .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK The fleshy yellow root of a variety of
rape , Brassica napus, resembling a largeturnip , grown as a vegetable. - noun The plant from which this is obtained.
- noun Scotland, Ireland, Northern England The
turnip .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
- noun a native or inhabitant of Sweden
- noun a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Michel Gondry, the movie’s director, has now filmed a spoof (or as the characters in the movie call it – swede) of his own movie’s trailer, in the spirit of the characters in his movie.
Michel Gondry spoofs (swedes) his own trailer! » Scene-Stealers 2008
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I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter.
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I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter.
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I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter.
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I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter.
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I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter.
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I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter.
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I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter.
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I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter.
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I think a rutabaga is what, in England, we called a swede - yellowish, large root vegetable - good mashed with lots of butter.
mollusque commented on the word swede
A large variety of turnip, the rutabaga; also slang for the head of a person.
June 23, 2008