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
2
American
[meed]
/ mid /
noun
Archaic.
Mead
3
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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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British
/ 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
The celebratory mead and honey-centric Quickfire challenge is fun: I've always been fascinated by mead, and the guest judge seems so earnest.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 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
"We now sell 30,000 litres of both types of mead a year," says Mr Cooper.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2021
For their midday meal they had cold venison pattie, with mead, as did everybody else.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
At the same time, officials reduced the amount of water being released from Lake Powell into Lake Mead.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
It is the fourth time Long Mead Local Wildlife Site, at Swinford in Oxfordshire, has been flooded because of a mains failure.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Notable events included Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir, dropping to its lowest level on record.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
Detrital Wash extends for some fifty miles from Lake Mead into the mountains north of Kingman; it drains a big chunk of country.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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