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mead

1

[ meed ]

noun

  1. an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
  2. any of various nonalcoholic beverages.


mead

2

[ meed ]

noun

, Archaic.

Mead

3

[ meed ]

noun

  1. George Herbert, 1863–1931, U.S. philosopher and author.
  2. Margaret, 1901–78, U.S. anthropologist.
  3. 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

  1. See meadow
    an archaic or poetic word for meadow


mead

2

/ miːd /

noun

  1. an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a solution of honey, often with spices added

Mead

3

/ miːd /

noun

  1. MeadMargaret19011978FUSSOCIAL SCIENCE: anthropologist Margaret. 1901–78, US anthropologist. Her works include Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) and Male and Female (1949)

Mead

4

/ miːd /

noun

  1. Lake Mead
    Lake Mead a 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)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mead1

First recorded before 900; Middle English mede, Old English medu, meodu; cognate with Dutch mee, German Met, Old Norse mjǫthr “mead”; akin to Greek méthy “wine,” Sanskrit madhu “honey”

Origin of mead2

First recorded before 1000; Middle English mede, Old English mǣd; meadow

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mead1

Old English mǣd

Origin of mead2

Old English meodu; related to Old High German metu, Greek methu, Welsh medd

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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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