Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See tede.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A torch.

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Examples

  • Some in education say the governor should have extended a tax increase on millionaires ins tead of cutting funding.

    Battle Over Education Funding on Docket Lisa Fleisher 2011

  • Noh, et suuresti on need täidetud kas kuulsate filmide odavate väljalasetega... või siis sellise kõntsaga, et juba karpi põgusalt käes veeretades tead, et seda sa ei vaata kunagi... või siis filmidega, mis tundmatud, aga tunduvad vähemasti pretensioonitute žanrifilmidena.

    Voodoo Moon (2005) Ulmeguru 2010

  • Paned end otsekui peategelasega samasse olukorda: ei tea midagi ning sellest vähesest, mida tead, sellest ei saa ka aru.

    Indrek Hargla «Minu päevad Liinaga» Ulmeguru 2008

  • Lisaks: kui iga kord kui sa suu avad, tead, et rohkem inimesi kuulab seda mõttega "kuidas näidata, et tal ei ole õigus", mitte "mida sealt õppida on", siis see on väga frustreeriv.

    tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2007

  • Morgan immediately examined the condition of the wounded man, and cried out, “As I shall answer now, the man is as tead as my great grandfather.”

    The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

  • We know how to fight, and we know how to tead warriors.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • We know how to fight, and we know how to tead warriors.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • We know how to fight, and we know how to tead warriors.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • We know how to fight, and we know how to tead warriors.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • Somewhere astern muskets were crackling, but that was a definite mistake; tead balls could do little more than sting those warty armoured scales.

    The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

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