English Explanatory Dictionary

meadow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated with grass or (especially) naturally covered with grass, especially one that is intended to be mown for hay or to be grazed.
  2. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.
verb
  1. To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.
name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. A township in Clay County, Iowa.
  3. A township in Wadena County, Minnesota.
  4. An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
  5. An unincorporated community in Perkins County, South Dakota.
  6. A town in Terry County, Texas.
  7. A town in Millard County, Utah, originally named Meadow Creek.
  8. A female given name.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛd.əʊ̯/ [ˈmɛd.əʊ̯] /ˈmɛd.ɵʊ̯/ [ˈmɛd.ɵ̞ʊ̯] /ˈmɛd.oʊ̯/ [ˈmɛd.oʊ̯] /ˈmɛd.ɔʊ̯/ [ˈmɛd.ɔʊ̯] en-us-meadow.ogg /ˈmɛɾ.oʊ̯/ [ˈmɛɾ.oʊ̯] /ˈmɛɾ.ɔʊ̯/ [ˈmɛɾ.ɔʊ̯] /ˈmed.əʉ̯/ [ˈmed.əʉ̯] /ˈmed.ɐʉ̯/ [ˈmed.ɐ̝ʉ̯] /ˈmeɾ.əʉ̯/ [ˈmeɾ.əʉ̯] /ˈmeɾ.ɐʉ̯/ [ˈmeɾ.ɐ̝ʉ̯]

Word forms

meadow meadows meadowing meadowed

Etymology

From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. Related to mead (“meadow”) and to math (“mowed result or area”). More at mow. Cognates Cognate with Yola mead (“meadow”), Saterland Frisian Mäid (“meadow”), West Frisian miede (“meadow”), Dutch made (“hayland, meadow”), German Matte (“meadow”); also Cornish mysi (“to harvest; to mow”), Welsh medi (“to reap”), Latin metō (“to harvest, reap; to cut; to mow”), Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”).

Synonyms

mead lea ley leigh

Derived words

alpine meadow lizard Altona Meadows annual meadow grass Banksmeadow Braemeadows Broadmeadow Broadmeadows catch-meadow Claremont Meadows Devon Meadows dole meadow Fairy Meadow Far Meadow flood meadow Fresh Meadows in Dickie's meadow king of the meadow Kings Meadows Marshall Meadows meadowage meadow argus Meadowbank meadow barley meadow beauty meadow bright Meadowbrook meadow brown meadow buttercup meadow clary meadow clover meadow cranesbill Meadow Creek meadow cress meadow dermatitis meadowed meadower meadow fern meadow fescue Meadow Flat meadowfoam meadow foxtail meadow frog meadow garlic meadow golden meadow grass meadow grass dermatitis Meadowhall meadowhawk meadow hay Meadow Heights meadow horsetail meadowing meadowish meadow jumping mouse meadowland meadowlark meadow leek meadowless meadowlike meadow lily
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