ted

tr.v. Chiefly New England., ted·ded, ted·ding, teds.

To strew or spread (newly mown grass, for example) for drying.

[Middle English tedden.]

REGIONAL NOTE   In 15th-century England the verb ted meant to spread newly cut hay to facilitate its drying. In the mid-19th century an American inventor produced a machine to ted the hay automatically and called it a tedder. Since modern English is inclined to make verbs out of nouns meaning implements or machines, the noun tedder became a verb with the same meaning as the original word ted. Tedder, a New England verb, also turns up in those parts of the Midwest that received settlers from New England.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (Brit) a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
  Synonym: Teddy boy

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sprede, vejre

n. - Edward, Theodore

Nederlands (Dutch)
Ted (nozem)

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Agric) faneuse

n. - Ted, blouson noir

Deutsch (German)
v. - zum Trocknen ausbreiten

n. - Teddy-Boy

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναδεύω ή απλώνω για ξήρανση, ξεραίνω
abbr. - τεντιμπόης

Italiano (Italian)
rivoltare, Teddy

Português (Portuguese)
v. - virar e espalhar o feno para secar
abbr. - teodore

Русский (Russian)
ворошить сено, раскидывать, разбрасывать, растрачивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - henificar, henear, esparcir o dar la vuelta la yerba segada

n. - abrev. de Theodore y Edward

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - breda ut (gräs eller hö för torkning)
abbr. - kortform för Edmund Edward Theodore

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
德国兵

翻晒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 德國兵

v. tr. - 翻曬

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (풀을) 널어 말리다

n. - 남자 이름, 영국의 반항적인 청소년

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 広げて干す
n. - 男子名

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) نشر ألتبن لتجفيفه, ينشر (اختصار) شاب من جماعه طائشه في انكلترا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פיזר (חציר לשם ייבושו)‬
n. - ‮צעיר בשנות ה-05 בבריטניה שנהג להתלבש במעיל ארוך ובמכנסי צינור‬

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phil and ted	phil ted
ted ashford	ted dekker