swede
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- //swiːd//
The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
substantivo
- 1
The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
- 2
The plant from which this is obtained.
- 3
The turnip.
- 4
calãoThe head.
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.
Etimologia
From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.
verbo
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To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.
Chances are you've sweded something before without even knowing it.
Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones and John Rambo are this era's King Arthur, Beowulf and Robin Hood – and sweding represents a playful and heartfelt engagement with their myths.
Etimologia
Coined by Michel Gondry in the film Be Kind Rewind, from the claim that films produced in this way were imported from Sweden.
Formas
- plural
- swedes
- pretérito
- sweded
- particípio passado
- sweded
- gerúndio
- sweding
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- swedes
swede · The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
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