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mead¹ Definition

mead (mēd)

noun

an alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey and water, often with spices, fruit, malt, etc. added

Etymology: ME mede < OE meodu, akin to Ger met < IE base *medhu-, honey > Sans mādhu, Gr methy, wine, Welsh medd, mead

mead² Definition

mead (mēd)

noun

Old Poet. meadow

Etymology: ME mede < OE mæd, meadow

Mead¹ Definition

Mead (mēd)

Mead, Margaret 1901-78; U.S. anthropologist

Mead² Definition

Mead (mēd)

lake in SE Nev. & NW Ariz., formed by Hoover Dam on the Colorado River: c. 250 sq mi (647 sq km)

Etymology: after E. Mead (1858-1936), U.S. engineer

mead Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • poetry: He was later killed by two dwarfs who mixed his blood with honey and thus made the mead of poetry.
  • inspiration: Its mead is representative of the moon's light, the true mead of poetic inspiration, which has its origin in the sun.

Converse of object

  • drink: They drank mead brewed to a secret formula from the nectar of sacred bees who lived in the grove.
  • make: They would spend the nights under the moon in seclusion together where they would drink mead made from fermented honey.
  • have: Both gardens usually had flowery meads, sometimes also called ' strews ' .
  • serve: We would suggest serving mead lightly chilled and whilst mead keeps well it should be kept cool and closed to reduce oxidation.
  • call: Middle Ages Drink - Mead Honey was used to make a sweet alcoholic drink called mead which was drunk by all classes.
  • produce: The priory also produced mead, and this activity at least is still ongoing, even if not carried out by monks.

Adjective modifier

  • flowery: Flowers were not planted in beds, but sown in the grass to grow as a ' flowery mead ' .
  • broad: Fair these broad meads - these hoary woods are grand; But we are exiles from our fathers ' land.
  • same: To the ash tree in the same mead, by the river, which ash tree is marked WT for William Turner.
  • good: One of them said: " We're bound to be killed tomorrow anyway, so why waste good mead, eh?

Modifies a noun

  • maker: One problem that mead makers face is cloudiness when fermentation has finished.
  • hall: The animated delivery gives a good idea of how the original might have sounded in a Saxon mead hall over a thousand years ago.

Noun used with modifier

  • cfo: The job description cheerful in response car breaks down cfo christine mead.
  • christine: The job description cheerful in response car breaks down cfo christine mead.
  • rye: RYE MEADS Highlights: This site showed itself to be the most reliable place to see Turtle Doves in the county.
  • v: This Paragraph is referred to in: Venture Finance Plc v Mead [ 10 ] .
  • honey: Sounds simple but ' tis more addictive than the finest honey mead... .
  • temple: The original terminal at temple meads was built for the Great Western Railroad and designed by Isambard kingdom Brunel.

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