mead

¹

[meed]

noun

1. an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.

2. any of various nonalcoholic beverages.

mead

²

[meed]

noun

Archaic.

1. meadow.

Mead

³

[meed]

noun

1. George Herbert, 1863–1931, U.S. philosopher and author.

2. Margaret, 1901–78, U.S. anthropologist.

3. 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

¹

/ miːd /

noun

1. a reservoir in NW Arizona and SE Nevada, formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River: one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)

Mead

²

/ miːd /

noun

1. Margaret. 1901–78, US anthropologist. Her works include Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) and Male and Female (1949)

mead

³

/ miːd /

noun

1. an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a solution of honey, often with spices added

mead

⁴

/ miːd /

noun

1. an archaic or poetic word for meadow

Word History and Origins

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; meadow

Word History and Origins

Origin of mead¹

Old English meodu; related to Old High German metu, Greek methu, Welsh medd

Origin of mead²

Old English mǣd

Example Sentences

Instead, we’re the village idiots consuming stale mead and suffering from ergot poisoning.

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With mead, I started brewing when I was young, about 16.

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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.

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Take a swig of mead every time Statham vows to protect the hive — by which he means society — and you’ll have a fine time.

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Elaborate plans for a Viking-style mead hall danced through his head.

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