different between swad vs saad

English

Alternative forms

• swod

Etymology

Related to swaddle?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sw?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

swad (plural swads)

1. A bunch, clump, mass
2. (obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
3. (obsolete) A boor, lout.
   • 1591, unknown author, The Troublesome Reign of King John, scene 2

     Sham’st thou not coistrel, loathsome dunghill swad.

   • 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub

     There was one busy fellow was their leader, / A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself.

   • 1588, Robert Greene, Perimedes

     Country swains, and silly swads.

4. (mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
5. (Britain, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
   • 1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia

     Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell — thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow.

References

Synonyms

• (bunch, clump): bunch, clump, mass

References

• WordNet 3.0 (2006, Princeton University); “swad” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• AWDS, AWDs, DAWs, Daws, WASD, daws, wads

Middle English

Noun

swad

1. Alternative form of swathe (“swath”)

English

Noun

saad (plural saads)

1. The letter ? in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

• AADs, ADAs, ADS-A, Asad, DaaS, Sada, aads

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zaad.

Noun

saad (plural sade, diminutive saadjie)

1. seed

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa?ad

Noun

saad

1. a promise; an oath or affirmation; a vow
2. a solemn promise to do something

Verb

saad

1. to promise; to vow
2. to pledge; to make a solemn promise (to do something)

Estonian

Verb

saad

1. second-person singular present indicative of saama

Navajo

Noun

saad (possessed form bizaad)

1. word

2. language

3. speech

Inflection

Derived terms

• saadtah (argument)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

saad n (definite singular saadet, indefinite plural saad, definite plural saadi)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by såd

Noun

saad f (definite singular saadi, indefinite plural saader or saadir, definite plural saaderne or saadine)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by så

Tagalog

Adjective

saád

1. said; stated; related

Derived terms