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mead
/miːd/
name 5noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
great, shady
VERB + MEAD
drank, drink, drinking, make, walks
MEAD + NOUN
bateson, hall, hither, king, tavern
PREP.
in, out
ADV.
once
Definitions
noun
1
An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
"Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting."
No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.
2
A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
noun
1
A meadow.
Farewel ye crystal streams, that pass / Thro’ fragrant meads of verdant grass:
Hither, hither, love — / ‘Tis a shady mead — / Hither, hither, love! / Let us feed and feed!
name
1
A surname from Old English.
2
A place name:
3
A place name:
4
A place name:
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A place name:
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"Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accust
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No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.
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Farewel ye crystal streams, that pass / Thro’ fragrant meads of verdant grass:
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Hither, hither, love — / ‘Tis a shady mead — / Hither, hither, love! / Let us feed and feed!
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But any man that walks the mead, / In bud, or blade, or bloom, may find, / According as his humours lead, / A meaning suited to his mind.
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The American anthropologist Margaret Mead once said that one should never underestimate what a small group of dedicated people can accomplish.
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