Mead

Pronunciation

• IPA: /miːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd
• Homophones: meed

Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu ‘honey; honey wine’.

Alternative forms

• meath, meathe, meeth (all obsolete)

Full definition of mead

Noun

1. An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
2. (US) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.

Derived terms

• mead-bench
• meadery

From Old English mǣd. Cognate with West Frisian miede, Low German Meed, Mede.

Noun

1. (poetic) A meadow.
• 1848, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 28:Four voices of four hamlets round,
  From far and near, on mead and moor,
  Swell out and fail, as if a door
  Were shut between me and the sound ....
• 1920, H. P. Lovecraft, :There ran little streams over bright pebbles, dividing meads of green and gardens of many hues, ....

Anagrams

• ADME, dame, Edam, made