mead
noun
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
mead
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[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
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[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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/ miːd /
noun
Mead
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/ miːd /
noun
mead
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/ miːd /
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mead
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/ 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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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
In 2013, previously unidentified fingerprints on a "Polish mead" bottle from a wardrobe in the victim's bedroom matched the defendant's on the police database.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023
In addition to apple orchards and vegetable farmers, shoppers can hit up vendors who specialize in mead, yak meat, empanadas, crêpes, Polish sausage and more.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
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
Whatever happened in the future to his brother or to his brother’s precious mead, why, it was nothing to do with him.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
More snow feeding into the Colorado River would also replenish the reservoirs of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, easing drought across the Southwest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Lake Mead is now just a quarter full, while Lake Powell hit an all-time low in August.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The federal government directive and the resulting legal action come after Lake Powell and Lake Mead, America's two largest reservoirs, and which are fed by the Colorado River, fell to record low levels.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The latest discovery came Sunday at Boulder Beach on the western part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada, according to national park officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Two days after McCandless set up camp beside Lake Mead, an unusually robust wall of thunderheads reared up in the afternoon sky, and it began to rain, very hard, over much of the Detrital Valley.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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