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خَضَدَ

Root: خضد

Form: 1

Full Definition

خَضَدَI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَضْدٌ, He broke wood, or a branch, or twig, whether moist or dry, or a soft thing, so that its parts did not separate.
2 It broke in pieces fruit.
3 He bent, without breaking, wood, or a branch, or twig. You say also, خَضَدَ البَعِيرُ عُنُقَ آخَرَ The camel broke, or bent, the neck of another camel: or the camel fought another camel.
4 Also, Verbal.Noun as above, He cut, or cut off, anything moist, or soft, or supple; and so خضّد , Verbal.Noun تَخْضِيدٌ. And خَضَدَ الشَّجَرَ He cut off, or pulled off, or removed, the thorns of the trees.
5 Also, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He ate vehemently: or [he craunched a thing;] he ate something moist, or soft, or supple; as a cucumber, and a carrot, and the like: and he ate in the manner termed خَضْمٌ, or قَضْمٌ. An Arab of the desert, who liked the cucumber, being asked what pleased him therein, answered, خَضْدُهُ [app. meaning The craunching thereof]: or he was asked what pleased him thereof, and answered, خَضَدُهُ, meaning what is broken in pieces, thereof.

def.2 خَضِدَ, [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun خَضَدٌ, It became shrunk and shrivelled.
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