Associations to the word «Swede»

Wiktionary

SWEDE, noun. (chiefly British) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
SWEDE, noun. The plant from which this is obtained.
SWEDE, noun. (Scotland) (Ireland) (Northern England) The turnip.
SWEDE, verb. To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.
SWEDE, noun. A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

Dictionary definition

SWEDE, noun. A native or inhabitant of Sweden.
SWEDE, noun. A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root.
SWEDE, noun. The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats