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meadow (med′ō)

noun

  1. a piece of grassland, esp. one used as a pasture or whose grass is grown for use as hay
  2. low, level grassland near a stream, lake, etc.

Etymology: ME medow < OE mædwe, oblique case of mæd < Gmc *mædwa- < IE base *mē-, to mow

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meadow Synonyms

meadow

n.

grass, pasture, mead, lea, mountain meadow, upland pasture, alp, meadow land, bottom land, bottoms, grassland, pasturage, salt marsh, polder, veldt, high veldt, sweet veldt, sour veldt, bush-veldt, steppe, Heide (German), heath, champ (French), pampas, llano, savanna; see also field 1, plain.


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meadow Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • flower-strewn: Lower down, the trek leads through verdant alpine valleys with cascading streams, pretty hamlets and flower-strewn meadows.

Adjective modifier

  • alpine: Day 7 Thursday Ride the alpine meadows of Boulder Mountain.

Modifies a noun

  • pipit: Meadow Pipits are reported to undergo a partial molt in the first three months of the year.

Noun used with modifier

  • wildflower: You may wish to sow or plant a wildflower meadow.
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   A painted meadow, or a purling stream.

-Addison,Joseph

When Winter scourged the meadow and the hill And in the withered leafage worked his will, Then water shrank, and shuddered, and stood still,ö Then built himself a magic house of glass, Irised with memories of flowers and grass, Wherein to sit and watch the fury pass.

-Roberts, Sir Charles George Douglas

I think you will like them, when you shall see them on a beautiful quarto page, where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.

-Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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