mead

[ meed ]

/ mid /

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noun

an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.

any of various nonalcoholic beverages.

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Origin of mead

before 900; Middle English mede,Old English medu, meodu; cognate with Dutch mee,German Met,Old Norse mjǫthr mead, Sanskrit madhu honey, Greek méthy wine

Words nearby mead

MDT, me, M.E.A., meacon, mea culpa, mead, Meade, Mead, Margaret, meadow, meadow beauty, meadow bird

Other definitions for mead (2 of 3)

mead²

[ meed ]

/ mid /

noun Archaic.

meadow.

Origin of mead

before 1000; Middle English mede,Old English mǣd.See meadow

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Mead

[ meed ]

/ mid /

noun

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

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

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).

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How to use mead in a sentence

Kuhn believes that Mead and Powell are test cases for whether we can adapt to climate change, and what the realities are of doing that.
The Drought in the West Is Bad and It’s Gonna Get Worse|Heather Hansman|June 16, 2021|Outside Online
All this was easiest to see, Mead said, when it came to women and men.
Gender Is What You Make of It - Issue 88: Love & Sex|Charles King|August 5, 2020|Nautilus
The only thing that was universal, Mead said, was the independent existence of sexual roles and of differences in individual personalities, or what she called temperament.
Gender Is What You Make of It - Issue 88: Love & Sex|Charles King|August 5, 2020|Nautilus
In the years after Sex and Temperament was published, Mead would marry for a third time.
Gender Is What You Make of It - Issue 88: Love & Sex|Charles King|August 5, 2020|Nautilus

Our society makes a heavy investment in sex differences, Mead wrote.
Gender Is What You Make of It - Issue 88: Love & Sex|Charles King|August 5, 2020|Nautilus
Benjamin Lytal sees where his nose leads him while reading two new books (from Rebecca Mead and W. G. Sebald) about books.
What Should Be Your Favorite Books?|Benjamin Lytal|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Foucault and Freud (and maybe Margaret Mead) should both be consulted on the complex sexual dynamics at play here.
Out of the Ruins of the Second World War|Lucas Wittmann|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yes, as Mead points out (in a later paragraph I did not quote), things don't look good in Mali.
The Thin Veneer of African 'Democracy'|Justin Green|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Better, Faster, StrongerRebecca Mead, The New Yorker Every generation gets the self-help guru it deserves.
The Week’s Best Reads|David Sessions|September 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Walter Russell Mead on why saving Afghanistan means cutting nasty deals with shady people.
In Bed with Warlords|Walter Russell Mead|October 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Edwin D. Mead is also one of the great pioneers in America's earnest effort that has worked incessantly for international peace.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
Inspiration was derived by drinking blood as well as by drinking intoxicating liquors--the mead of the gods.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
Sometimes they went out to Valley Mead together for week-ends.
Quin|Alice Hegan Rice
"Your Majesty," said Mr. Mead, sweeping an Oriental reverence.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill|Gilbert K. Chesterton
Lovely Mead, surprised, looked at Stover in perplexity and remained silent.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for mead (1 of 4)

mead¹

/ (miːd) /

noun

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

Word Origin for mead

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

British Dictionary definitions for mead (2 of 4)

mead²

/ (miːd) /

noun

an archaic or poetic word for meadow

Word Origin for mead

Old English mǣd

British Dictionary definitions for mead (3 of 4)

Mead¹

/ (miːd) /

noun

Lake Mead 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)

British Dictionary definitions for mead (4 of 4)

Mead²

/ (miːd) /

noun

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

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