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
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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
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British
/ miːd /
noun
mead
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/ miːd /
noun
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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Instead, we’re the village idiots consuming stale mead and suffering from ergot poisoning.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025
He had also been toying with the idea of making mead.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
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
Harry inhaled half his mead up his nose as he started to laugh.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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
After pi-loting it west out of Atlanta, he’d arrived in Lake Mead National Recreation Area on July 6, riding a giddy Emersonian high.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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