Meaning of Swede | Babel Free
swiːdDefinitions
- The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
- A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.
- A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden
- The plant from which this is obtained.
- The turnip.
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The head. UK, slang
Equivalents
Examples
“Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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