swede /swiːd/noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •(UK) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable. •The plant from which this is obtained. •(Ireland, Scotland) The turnip. •(UK, slang) The head.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. — 2005 verb1 •To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.Chances are you've sweded something before without even knowing it. — 2008 formssweded · sweding · swedes
Swede /swiːd/ noun2 •A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.For the past nine years Swedes have been frustrated by foreign submarines probing their coastal waters. — 1989 •(historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden. formsSwedes