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sed¹

  • /sɛd/

Sounds like said

Where it comes from

From stream editor.

proper noun

  1. A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.

verb seds · sedding · sedded

  1. neologism, slang To edit a file or stream of text using sed. Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?

sed²

noun seds

  1. A line fastening a fish-hook.

    Similar: snood

sed³

verb

  1. pronunciation spelling Eye dialect spelling of said

SED⁴

noun SEDs · S.E.D. · S. E. D.

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of surface-conduction electron-emitter display
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of spectral energy distribution
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of selective eating disorder
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of self-encrypting drive
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of socio-economic development

SED⁵

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German SED (“Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands”).

proper noun S.E.D. · S. E. D.

  1. historical The Socialist Unity Party. In an interview with Jacobin to be published later this year, veteran KPO activist Theodor Bergmann tells of Heinrich Adam, prewar KPO member and mechanic at the Zeiss optics factory in Jena who joined the SED in hopes of realizing socialist unity.

Sed⁶

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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sed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sed

Chicago

"sed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sed.

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@misc{sed_2026,
  title = {sed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}