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made.

A grub or maggot.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/meɪd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/med/Scotland/meːd/Wales/meːd/Ireland
  1. A grub or maggot.

    UK · dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

verb/meɪd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/med/Scotland/meːd/Wales/meːd/Ireland
  1. simple past and past participle of make

    form-of · participle · past
  2. simple past and past participle of myek

    Geordie · form-of · participle · past
  3. simple past and past participle of mak

    Wearside · form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.

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