Meads

[meed] /mid/

noun
1.
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
2.
any of various nonalcoholic beverages.
[meed] /mid/
noun, Archaic.
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[meed] /mid/
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).
/miːdz/
noun
1.
Sir Colin. born 1936, New Zealand Rugby Union footballer. A forward, he played for the All Blacks (1957–71)
/miːd/
noun
1.
an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a solution of honey, often with spices added
/miːd/
noun
1.
an archaic or poetic word for meadow
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noun
1.
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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noun
1.
Margaret. 1901–78, US anthropologist. Her works include Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) and Male and Female (1949)
n.

“fermented honey drink,” Old English medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz (cf. Old Norse mjöðr, Danish mjød, Old Frisian and Middle Dutch mede, Old High German metu, German Met “mead”), from PIE root *medhu- “honey, sweet drink” (cf. Sanskrit madhu “sweet, sweet drink, wine, honey,” Greek methy “wine,” Old Church Slavonic medu, Lithuanian medus “honey,” Old Irish mid, Welsh medd, Breton mez “mead”). Synonymous but unrelated early Middle English meþeglin yielded Chaucer’s meeth.

“meadow,” Old English mæd, Anglian med “meadow, pasture,” from Proto-Germanic *medwo (cf. Old Frisian mede, Dutch made, German Matte “meadow,” Old English mæþ “harvest, crop”), from PIE *metwa- “a mown field,” from root *me- “mow, cut down grass or grain” (see mow (v.)). Now only archaic or poetic.