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mead
1[ meed ]
noun
- an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- any of various nonalcoholic beverages.
mead
2[ meed ]
noun
Archaic.
Mead
3[ meed ]
noun
- George Herbert, 1863–1931, U.S. philosopher and author.
- Margaret, 1901–78, U.S. anthropologist.
- 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/ ː /
noun
- Lake Meada 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)
mead
2/ ː /
noun
- an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a solution of honey, often with spices added
Mead
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noun
- MeadMargaret19011978FUSSOCIAL SCIENCE: anthropologist Margaret. 1901–78, US anthropologist. Her works include Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) and Male and Female (1949)
mead
4/ ː /
noun
- an archaic or poetic word for meadow
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51Թ 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 ǫٳ “mead”; akin to Greek éٳ “wԱ,” Sanskrit madhu “hDzԱ”
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mead1
Old English meodu; related to Old High German metu, Greek methu, Welsh medd
Origin of mead2
Old English ǣ
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With mead, I started brewing when I was young, about 16.
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Not exactly — though bringing this up over a pint of mead at the Rusty German, the seedy tavern in the show, might get you in trouble.
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Take a swig of mead every time Statham vows to protect the hive — by which he means society — and you’ll have a fine time.
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Elaborate plans for a Viking-style mead hall danced through his head.
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In 2013, previously unidentified fingerprints on a "Polish mead" bottle from a wardrobe in the victim's bedroom matched the defendant's on the police database.
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