English Explanatory Dictionary

mead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
  2. A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
noun
  1. A meadow.
name
  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A place name:
  3. A rural community in Cochrane District, north-eastern Ontario, Canada.
  4. A locality in the Shire of Gannawarra, northern Victoria, Australia
  5. In the United States:
  6. A statutory town in Weld County, Colorado.
  7. A township in Merrick County, Nebraska.
  8. A village in Saunders County, Nebraska.
  9. A township in Belmont County, Ohio.
  10. A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
  11. A township in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
  12. A census-designated place in Spokane County, Washington, named after George Meade.

Pronunciation

mēd /miːd/ en-us-mead.ogg

Word forms

mead meads meath meathe meeth Meade Meades

Etymology

From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English methyl), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).

Related words

amethyst methane metho- methyl bragget ambrosia

Derived words

black mead mead-bench mead cup meaded Meader meadery mead hall meadlike mead moon meadsweet meadwort meady red mead lot mead Temple Meads Thamesmead Belle Mead East Mead Meadville
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