Definition of "sed" in English

name

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

verb

1. (neologism, slang) To edit a file or stream of text using sed.

   • Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?

noun

1. (fishing) A line fastening a fish-hook.

verb

1. Eye dialect spelling of said.