mead
An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and waterAn alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
» They drank mead in the tavern.
Sie tranken in der Taverne Met.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
Met, Honigwein
мёд, медову́хаmedovúxa
медовухаmedovuxa
made of fermented honey and water
(US, uncountable, usually)A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
(poetic)A meadow.
Examples
5 sentencesThey drank mead in the tavern.
deSie tranken in der Taverne Met.
How do you make vegan mead?
Tom is drinking mead out of a horn.
A bloodthirsty creature named Grendel ravages the great mead hall of King Hrothgar.
The American anthropologist Margaret Mead once said that one should never underestimate what a small group of dedicated people can accomplish.
deDie amerikanische Anthropologin Margaret Mead sagte einmal, dass man nie unterschätzen solle, was eine kleine Gruppe engagierter Menschen erreichen kann.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from ProtFrom Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”).
From Middle English mede (“meadow”), from Old English mǣd. Cognate with West Frisian miede, Mede, German Low German Meed, Dutch made.
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Forms
plural: meadsSynonyms
2 synonyms- United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931):George Herbert Mead
- United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978):Margaret Mead
Word family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable