fleed

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /fliːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

Etymology 1

Noun

fleed (uncountable)

1. (dialectal) The internal fat of a pig before it is melted into lard.
   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 134:

     Every Tenterden market day he used to sell fleed cakes from a basket to the carts that went by.

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb

fleed

1. (nonstandard) simple past and past participle of flee

Anagrams

• elfed