meadow

mead·ow

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A meadow full of flowers.

noun

The definition of a meadow is a large field of grass and non-woodsy plants or flowers.

A large area of grassland which is used for pasture or to grow hay is an example of a meadow.

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meadow

a piece of grassland, esp. one used as a pasture or for growing grass for hay
low, level grassland near a stream, lake, etc.

Origin of meadow

Middle English medow from Old English mædwe, oblique case of mæd from Germanic an unverified form mædwa- from Indo-European base an unverified form m?-, to mow

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meadow

noun

A tract of grassland, either in its natural state or used as pasture or for growing hay.

Origin of meadow

Middle English medwe, medoue from Old English mǣdwe oblique case of mǣd ; see mē-⁴ in Indo-European roots.

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mead′ow·y
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Noun

(plural meadows)

A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay; an area of low-lying vegetation, especially near a river.
Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.
the salt meadows near Newark Bay

Origin

Old English mÇ£dwe, inflected form of mÇ£d (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mÄ“dwÅ (compare West Frisian miede, dialectal Dutch made, dialectal German Matte (“mountain pasture")), from Proto-Indo-European *hâ‚‚met- "˜to mow, reap' (compare Welsh medi, Latin metere, Ancient Greek Ã¡mÄ“tos (“reaping")), englargement of *hâ‚‚mehâ‚-. More at mow.