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Snead vs Sneap - What's the difference?

snead | sneap |

As nouns the difference between snead and sneap

is that snead is a piece; bit; slice or snead can be (uk) a snath while sneap is turnip.

As a verb snead

is (label) to cut; lop; prune.

snead

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

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Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To cut; lop; prune.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A piece; bit; slice.

    • Etymology 3

    See snatch.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) A snath.
  • (UK, dialect) A line or cord; a string.
    • (Webster 1913)

    sneap

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete), (l) (dialectal),

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialectal) To check; reprove abruptly; reprimand; rebuke; chide.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • (dialectal) To nip; bite; pinch; blast; blight.
    • (Shakespeare) - King Ferdinand of Navarre; Berowne is like an envious sneaping frost, That bites the first born infants of the spring. - Line 100 from Love's Labour's Lost
  • (dialectal) To thwart; offend.
  • (colloquial) To put someone's nose out of joint; offend.
    • She was sneaped when she wasn't invited to his party.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A reprimand; a rebuke.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply.

    Anagrams

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