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mead
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mead has 3 senses
- mead(n = noun.person) margaret mead - United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978); Array is a kind of anthropologist
- mead(n = noun.person) george herbert mead - United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931); Array is a kind of philosopher
- mead(n = noun.food) Array - made of fermented honey and water; Array is a kind of brew, brewage
has particulars: metheglin
CIDE DICTIONARY
mead, n. [OE. mede, AS. meodo; akin to D. mede, G. met, meth, OHG. metu, mitu, Icel. mjö, Dan. miöd, Sw. mjöd, Russ. med', Lith. midus, W. medd, Gr. me`qy wine, Skr. madhu honey, a sweet drink, as adj., sweet. Metheglin.].
- A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas. [1913 Webster]
mead, n. [AS. m. See Meadow.].
A meadow. [1913 Webster]
"A mede
All full of freshe flowers, white and reede." [1913 Webster]
All full of freshe flowers, white and reede." [1913 Webster]
"To fertile vales and dewy meads
My weary, wandering steps he leads." [1913 Webster]
My weary, wandering steps he leads." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mead, n. an alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water.
mead, n. poet. or archaic = MEADOW.
Etymology
OE m{aelig}d f. Gmc, rel. to MOW(1)
ROGET THESAURUS
mead
Plain
N plain, table-land, face of the country, open country, champaign country, basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold, veldt, moor, moorland, bush, plateau, campagna, alkali flat, llano, mesa, mesilla, playa, shaking prairie, trembling prairie, vega, meadow, mead, haugh, pasturage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat, greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather, lea, ley, lay, grounds, maidan, agostadero, champaign, alluvial, campestral, campestrial, campestrian, campestrine.Sweetness
N sweetness, dulcitude, sugar, syrup, treacle, molasses, honey, manna, confection, confectionary, sweets, grocery, conserve, preserve, confiture, jam, julep, sugar-candy, sugar-plum, licorice, marmalade, plum, lollipop, bonbon, jujube, comfit, sweetmeat, apple butter, caramel, damson, glucose, maple sirup, maple syrup, maple sugar, mithai, sorghum, taffy, nectar, hydromel, mead, meade, metheglin, honeysuckle, liqueur, sweet wine, aperitif, sugar cane, sugar beets, desert, pastry, pie, cake, candy, ice cream, tart, puff, pudding (food), dulcification, dulcoration, sweetener, corn syrup, cane sugar, refined sugar, beet sugar, dextrose, artificial sweetener, saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, Sweet'N Low, sweet, saccharine, sacchariferous, dulcet, candied, honied, luscious, lush, nectarious, melliferous, sweetened, sweet as a nut, sweet as sugar, sweet as honey, sickly sweet, eau sucr_ee, sweets to the sweet.
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