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mead
1[ meed ]
noun
- an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- any of various nonalcoholic beverages.
mead
2[ meed ]
noun
Mead
3[ meed ]
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).
Mead
1/ miːd /
noun
- Lake Meada 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
- 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
- an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a solution of honey, often with spices added
mead
4/ miːd /
noun
- an archaic or poetic word for meadow
Word History and Origins
Origin of mead1
Word History and Origins
Origin of mead1
Origin of mead2
Example Sentences
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.
All this was easiest to see, Mead said, when it came to women and men.
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.
In the years after Sex and Temperament was published, Mead would marry for a third time.
Our society makes a heavy investment in sex differences, Mead wrote.
Benjamin Lytal sees where his nose leads him while reading two new books (from Rebecca Mead and W. G. Sebald) about books.
Foucault and Freud (and maybe Margaret Mead) should both be consulted on the complex sexual dynamics at play here.
Yes, as Mead points out (in a later paragraph I did not quote), things don't look good in Mali.
Better, Faster, StrongerRebecca Mead, The New Yorker Every generation gets the self-help guru it deserves.
Walter Russell Mead on why saving Afghanistan means cutting nasty deals with shady people.
Edwin D. Mead is also one of the great pioneers in America's earnest effort that has worked incessantly for international peace.
Inspiration was derived by drinking blood as well as by drinking intoxicating liquors--the mead of the gods.
Sometimes they went out to Valley Mead together for week-ends.
"Your Majesty," said Mr. Mead, sweeping an Oriental reverence.
Lovely Mead, surprised, looked at Stover in perplexity and remained silent.
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