different between abed vs abud

English

Etymology

From Middle English abedde, on bedde (“bed”), from Old English bedd (“bed”). Equivalent to a- (“in, on”) +? bed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Adverb

abed (not comparable)

1. In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed. [First attested from 1150 to 1350.]
   • 1948, Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, London: Jonathan Cape, Chapter 12,

     Who can lie peacefully abed, while the darkness holds some secret?

2. To childbed

Derived terms

• slugabed

Translations

References

Anagrams

• adeb, bade, baed, bead

English

Etymology

a- +? bud

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b?d/

Adjective

abud (not comparable)

1. (rare) budding
   • 1923, Julie M. Lippmann, Dreamland

     […] he began to whistle merrily, and in an instant the whole world about him was bright of hue and joyous again, and looking, he saw, to his amazement, that the bare branches were abud.

Anagrams

• Buda, Daub, baud, daub

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bud/
• Hyphenation: a?bud

Noun

abúd m (plural abuudutté f)

1. loan
2. credit

Declension

Derived terms

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “abud”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN

Hiligaynon

Noun

abúd

1. hem
2. edge

Verb

abúd

1. to hem