mead

¹

[ meed ]

noun

1. an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
2. any of various nonalcoholic beverages.

mead

²

[ meed ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. meadow.

Mead

³

[ meed ]

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

/ miːd /

noun

1. 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)

Mead

²

/ miːd /

noun

1. MeadMargaret19011978FUSSOCIAL SCIENCE: anthropologist Margaret. 1901–78, US anthropologist. Her works include Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) and Male and Female (1949)

mead

³

/ miːd /

noun

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

mead

⁴

/ miːd /

noun

1. an archaic or poetic word for meadow

Word History and Origins

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mead¹

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

Origin of mead²

Old English mǣd

Example Sentences

"It's a new chapter starting, kind of, and we’ve got to take the most out of this chapter and keep pushing forward," said Mead.

From BBC

Julian Mead, 40, was later arrested and Nottinghamshire Police said he was the first person in the UK charged with "dognapping".

From BBC

Since their discovery in Lake Mead in 2007, those mussels have spread throughout aqueducts and reservoirs in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

In recent European qualifiers, Lauren Hemp and Beth Mead have flanked each wing like they did in the last Euros.

From BBC

Seen from above, the industrial-scale warehouses straddling Interstate 215 where it intersects Mead Valley shimmer like a sprawling lake of white concrete boxes.

From Los Angeles Times

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