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# ted

«ted» in Mova's school dictionary: **A teddy bear: «my old ted»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a ted, teds — informal, UK); verb (ted, teds, tedded, tedding — farming); also a name (Ted)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, UK, Australia) A teddy bear: «my old ted». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#m1)

2) (UK, history) A Teddy boy, a young man in the past who wore a special smart style of long jackets and narrow trousers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#m2)

3) (farming) To spread out cut grass or hay so it dries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#m3)

4) Ted is also a short form of the names Edward and Theodore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In children's stories «Ted» or «ted» is a teddy bear. «TED» in capitals also means talks on ideas (TED Talks). In farming, a machine called a «tedder» spreads hay. Phrases: «my ted», «Uncle Ted».

### examples

- I can't sleep without my old ted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#x1)
- Uncle Ted is coming for lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#x2)
- The farmer will ted the hay so it dries in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#x3)
- Granddad was a Teddy boy, a ted, when he was young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#x4)
- My little sister gave her ted a bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#x5)
- Ted is short for Edward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/#x6)

### note

As a name it has a capital: Ted. As a toy it is informal; the full word is «teddy» or «teddy bear». «TED» (capital letters) is a short form for talks. A rare word otherwise.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.