-ed


-ed 1

suff. Used to form the past tense of regular verbs: tasted.
[Middle English -ede, from Old English -ade, -ede, -ode.]

-ed 2

suff. Used to form the past participle of regular verbs: absorbed.
[Middle English, from Old English -ad, -ed, -od.]

-ed 3

suff. Having; characterized by; resembling: redheaded; strong-minded.
[Middle English -ede, -de, from Old English -ed, -od.]

-ed

suffix forming the past tense of most English verbs [Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade]

-ed

suffix forming the past participle of most English verbs [Old English -ed, -od, -ad]

-ed

suffix forming adjectives possessing or having the characteristics of: salaried; red-blooded. [Old English -ede]

ed

(ɛd)

n. education: driver's ed. [by shortening]

ED

1. Department of Education. 2. effective dose. 3. erectile dysfunction.

-ed1

, a suffix forming the past tense of weak verbs: He crossed the river. [Old English -de, -ede, -ode, -ade; orig. disputed]

-ed2

, a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting from the action of the verb (inflated balloons). [Old English -ed, -od, -ad; orig. disputed]

-ed3

, a suffix forming adjectives from nouns, typically specifying that the person or thing modified by the adjective possesses or is characterized by whatever is denoted by the noun base: bearded; diseased; layered. Such adjectives are often derived from adjective-noun or quantifier-noun phrases (black-haired “having black hair”; three-headed “having three heads”) or from more complex constructions (hourglass-shaped “having the shape of an hourglass”). [Middle English; Old English -ede]

ed.

1. edited. 2.
pl. eds. edition.
3.
pl. eds. editor.
4. education.

E.D.

election district.