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sedge

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Editorial note

Now the sedge is gone, the risk of foundation damage from being too wet is gone, and no chemicals were required.

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Quick take

Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sedge gathered in one view.

noun

Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

noun

Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.

noun

A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sedge.

noun

Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

noun

Any of various other plants resembling true sedges, such as Gentiana rubricaulis and Andropogon virginicus.

noun

A flock of herons, cranes, or bitterns.

noun

(fishing) A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.

Example sentences

1

Now the sedge is gone, the risk of foundation damage from being too wet is gone, and no chemicals were required.

2

I'd imagine a mammoth eating sedge in Siberia wouldn't be in as direct competition for resources as an elephant.

3

It generates ~/.ssh/config from ~/.sedge/config.

4

I see how to install sedge, and I see what a config looks like, but it doesn't list where I'd put the config or how it's used.

5

Also the traditional title for rulers of Egypt, 𓆥 (ny-sw.t bity—ruler of upper and lower Egypt, literally: (s)he of the sedge, (s)he of the bee), applies to females just as well as it does males.

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Looking at sedge.com for San Diego, the "Standard Plan" is $0.28/kW at Tier 1 (non-peak) hours.

7

As for the latter, there's a statue of "Ramesses II (Dyn XIX) as a Child"[1] which shows Horus as a falcon with the sun ( rꜥ ) on his breast, a child ( ms ) beneath it, in his hand a sedge plant ( sw ).

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Naming the parts—sun, child, sedge—in this order gives rꜥmssw, vocalized raꜥmissaw, roughly maybe approximately [raʕ'missaw], in any event the very name of Ramesses, meaning "He is / was born / brought forth by Ra / the Sun".

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Note that you'll have to choose to omit ḥr "Horus" although the falcon dominates the sculpture, and that the sedge does not represent a plant but, by virtue of sounding like it, the 3rd person suffix sw "he", so there's some guesswork involved.

Quote examples

1

Looking at sedge.com for San Diego, the "Standard Plan" is $0.28/kW at Tier 1 (non-peak) hours.

2

As for the latter, there's a statue of "Ramesses II (Dyn XIX) as a Child"[1] which shows Horus as a falcon with the sun ( rꜥ ) on his breast, a child ( ms ) beneath it, in his hand a sedge plant ( sw ).

3

Naming the parts—sun, child, sedge—in this order gives rꜥmssw, vocalized raꜥmissaw, roughly maybe approximately [raʕ'missaw], in any event the very name of Ramesses, meaning "He is / was born / brought forth by Ra / the Sun".

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Note that you'll have to choose to omit ḥr "Horus" although the falcon dominates the sculpture, and that the sedge does not represent a plant but, by virtue of sounding like it, the 3rd person suffix sw "he", so there's some guesswork involved.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sedge in a sentence?

Now the sedge is gone, the risk of foundation damage from being too wet is gone, and no chemicals were required.

What does sedge mean?

Any plant of the family Cyperaceae.

What part of speech is sedge?

sedge is commonly used as noun.