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mead

1 American  
[meed] / mid /

noun

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

  2. any of various nonalcoholic beverages.

mead 2 American  
[meed] / mid /

noun

Archaic.

  1. meadow.

Mead 3 American  
[meed] / mid /

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 British  
/ 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)

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Mead 2 British  
/ miːd /

noun

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

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mead 3 British  
/ miːd /

noun

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

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mead 4 British  
/ miːd /

noun

  1. an archaic or poetic word for meadow

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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; meadow

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

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

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

From New York Times

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

Woodland’s sparkling drinks are kombucha-tea based; their Woodland Honey Wine is described as “mead with a modern twist,” a honey wine with a blend of kombucha tea and wild Norwegian ingredients.

From Washington Times

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