Meaning

2 senses

  1. To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.

  2. To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.

    (informal, jargon)To play greedily or aggressively in a high-risk, high-reward scenario.

Origin

c. 1600. Back-formation from greedy.

c. 1600. Back-formation from greedy.

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Forms

greeds, greeding, greeded, greeded
Base formgreed · to greed
3rd person singulargreeds
Present participlegreeding
Past simplegreeded
Past participlegreeded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygreed
he, she, itgreeds

Past simpleLesson

all personsgreeded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave greeded
he, she, ithas greeded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill greed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
greavegreegreedilygreedyA2greekgreenA2
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