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/swiːd/ · noun
(chiefly British) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable..
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.
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.
Use swede when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Swede means (chiefly British) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable..
Common synonyms include rutabaga, neep, yellow turnip, winter turnip.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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