mead
noun
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
mead
1 American
[meed]
/ mid /
noun
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an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
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any of various nonalcoholic beverages.
mead
2
American
[meed]
/ mid /
noun
Archaic.
Mead
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[meed]
/ mid /
noun
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George Herbert, 1863–1931, U.S. philosopher and author.
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Margaret, 1901–78, U.S. anthropologist.
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Lake, a lake in NW Arizona and SE Nevada, formed 1936 by Hoover Dam. 115 miles (185 km) long; 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km).
Mead
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British
/ miːd /
noun
Mead
2
British
/ miːd /
noun
mead
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British
/ miːd /
noun
mead
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British
/ miːd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of mead1
First recorded before 900; Middle English mede, Old English medu, meodu; cognate with Dutch mee, German Met, Old Norse mjǫthr “mead”; akin to Greek méthy “wine,” Sanskrit madhu “honey”
Origin of mead2
First recorded before 1000; Middle English mede, Old English mǣd; see meadow
Vocabulary lists containing mead
Medieval Europe - Middle School
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Instead, we’re the village idiots consuming stale mead and suffering from ergot poisoning.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025
Not exactly — though bringing this up over a pint of mead at the Rusty German, the seedy tavern in the show, might get you in trouble.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Ivo Midrla, running a stand selling mead and fried potato chips, said the two coronavirus years made a big dent in his business.
From Reuters ● Nov. 27, 2022
Then they'd give me this mead, I know now it was mead.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2021
He sat and drank the mead of Hel, and ate her food.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Lake Mead near Las Vegas, the country’s largest reservoir, is 27% full.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
They have already completed the signing of England forward Beth Mead, who left Arsenal at the end of the season.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The original Penn Station, designed by McKim, Mead & White, opened in 1910 on Manhattan’s west side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Even at 31 years old, Mead is the kind of player who would walk into most WSL teams' starting XI.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Detrital Wash extends for some fifty miles from Lake Mead into the mountains north of Kingman; it drains a big chunk of country.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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