sed

Speech parts

1. sed - Noun

2. sed - Verb

3. Sed - Proper noun

Meaning

sed

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

sed (third-person singular simple present seds, present participle sedding, simple past and past participle sedded)

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

sed (plural seds)

(fishing) A line fastening a fish-hook.
Synonym: snood

sed

Eye dialect spelling of said.

sēd n

Alternative form of sǣd

(electronics) Initialism of surface-conduction electron-emitter display.

(astronomy, physics) Initialism of spectral energy distribution.

(pathology) Initialism of selective eating disorder.

(computing) Initialism of self-encrypting drive.

(sociology) Initialism of socio-economic development.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The age-old faith of lovers and poets in the power of love, stronger than death, that Finis vitae sed non amoris [Life ends but not love], is a lie, useless and not even funny. Stanisław Lem

Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est" ("They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier"). David Foster Wallace

Thare iz this mutch kan be sed in favour ov good-breeding, it iz the only thing that kan make a phool endurable. Josh Billings

Ne venas mont' al monto, sed homo homon renkontas. Esperanto Proverb

Gutta cavat lapidem non bis, sed saepe cadendo; sic homo fit sapiens non bis, sed saepe legendo. Latin Proverb

Non scholae, sed vitae discimus. Latin Proverb

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