meadow
To cultivate with grass in order to produce hayTo cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.
» Cows are eating grass in the meadow.
Die Kühe essen auf der Weide Gras. — xtofu80
Коровы едят траву на лугу. — corvard
Коровы щиплют травку на лугу. — Lenin_1917
Корови пасуться на лугу. — deniko
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1 sensesTo cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.
Examples
118 sentencesCows are eating grass in the meadow.
Корови пасуться на лугу. — deniko
ruКоровы едят траву на лугу. — corvard
deDie Kühe essen auf der Weide Gras. — xtofu80
We saw cows grazing in the meadow.
deWir sahen Milchkühe auf der Weide Gras fressen. — xtofu80
People without a sense of humor are like meadows without flowers.
Cows are grazing in the meadow.
Корови пасуться на лугу. — deniko
ruКоровы пасутся на лугу. — Smoky
Hope is the meadow on which fools graze.
Дурень думкою багатіє. — oromashka
deHoffnung ist die Wiese, auf der die Narren grasen. — Esperantostern
Origin
From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old EnglFrom Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. Related to mead (“meadow”) and to math (“mowed result or area”). More at mow.
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Forms
meadows, meadowing, meadowed, meadowedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle