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noun miːdmid mass nounhistorical An alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water. 〈主史〉蜂蜜酒 the tavern stocks beer, cider, perry, and mead Example sentencesExamples - Almost all the tables were full with drunken commoners, washing away their troubles with ale and strong mead.
- Servants brought mead, wine and some cakes, but she had none of it.
- While we partied, many men were drunk from too much ale and mead.
- Aside from that there was a large barrel of mead and a keg of fine ale.
- Warriors with old scars and ever-honed muscles drank their mead and shared stories of their own battles.
OriginOld English me(o)du, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mee and German Met, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit madhu 'sweet drink, honey' and Greek methu 'wine'. Rhymesaccede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, lead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, rede, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, weak-kneed, we'd, weed noun miːdmid literary A meadow. 〈诗/文〉草地 Example sentencesExamples - All the preceding afternoon and night heavy thunderstorms had hissed down upon the meads.
- Instead of brick courtyards and side-lit rooms where music is played and good housewifery rules, we have boats, meads, cows, horsemen and horsewomen.
- Gone was the safe, familiar home, set amidst a tumble of rolling, well-tilled fields dotted with farm buildings, and grassy meads redolent with the scent of wildflowers.
- Bits of landscape and horizon are visible to either side of the Temple, and a flowery mead completes the foreground.
- Hall, cot, tree, tower, glade, mead, waste or woodland, are seen, passed, left behind, and vanish as in a dream.
OriginOld English mǣd, of Germanic origin; related to mow1. nounmēdmid historical An alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water. 〈主史〉蜂蜜酒 the tavern stocks beer, cider, perry, and mead Example sentencesExamples - While we partied, many men were drunk from too much ale and mead.
- Warriors with old scars and ever-honed muscles drank their mead and shared stories of their own battles.
- Almost all the tables were full with drunken commoners, washing away their troubles with ale and strong mead.
- Servants brought mead, wine and some cakes, but she had none of it.
- Aside from that there was a large barrel of mead and a keg of fine ale.
OriginOld English me(o)du, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mee and German Met, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit madhu ‘sweet drink, honey’ and Greek methu ‘wine’. nounmēdmid literary A meadow. 〈诗/文〉草地 Example sentencesExamples - Bits of landscape and horizon are visible to either side of the Temple, and a flowery mead completes the foreground.
- Hall, cot, tree, tower, glade, mead, waste or woodland, are seen, passed, left behind, and vanish as in a dream.
- All the preceding afternoon and night heavy thunderstorms had hissed down upon the meads.
- Instead of brick courtyards and side-lit rooms where music is played and good housewifery rules, we have boats, meads, cows, horsemen and horsewomen.
- Gone was the safe, familiar home, set amidst a tumble of rolling, well-tilled fields dotted with farm buildings, and grassy meads redolent with the scent of wildflowers.
OriginOld English mǣd, of Germanic origin; related to mow. |