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sed.

A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/sɛd/
  1. A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.

Where this word comes from

From stream editor.

verb/sɛd/
  1. To edit a file or stream of text using sed.

    neologism · slang
    Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?
Where this word comes from

From stream editor.

noun
  1. A line fastening a fish-hook.

verb
  1. Eye dialect spelling of said.

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