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[ med-oh ] / ˈmɛd oʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR meadow ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna tract of grassland used for pasture or serving as a hayfield. a tract of grassland in an upland area near the timberline. Origin of meadowbefore 1000; Middle English medwe,Old English mǣdw-, oblique stem of mǣdmead2; akin to German Matte SYNONYMS FOR meadowSEE SYNONYMS FOR meadow ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM meadowmead·ow·less, adjectivemead·ow·y, adjectiveWords nearby meadowmeacon, mea culpa, mead, Meade, Mead, Margaret, meadow, meadow beauty, meadow bird, meadow dermatitis, meadow fescue, meadow grass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for meadowToday, as far as I can swim, I see lush meadows, rays, the occasional seahorse. How planting 70 million eelgrass seeds led to an ecosystem’s rapid recovery|Joseph Polidoro|October 14, 2020|Science News It stirred his senses and revived his love for green meadows with the cool, damp feel of Pacific fog lurking somewhere off the coast. To Find Hope in American Cooking, James Beard Looked to the West Coast|John Birdsall|October 2, 2020|Eater The meadow is a part of our body, folded outward, ready to be strolled through. What the Meadow Teaches Us - Issue 90: Something Green|Andreas Weber|September 16, 2020|Nautilus The original designers of Central Park created a meadow that was stocked with 200 sheep. Central Park’s Carriages Saved This Horse|Michael Daly|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Walker has a daughter, Meadow Rain, with his ex-girlfriend, Rebecca. Actor Paul Walker, Star of ‘The Fast and the Furious’ Films, Dies In Car Crash|Marlow Stern|December 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST Alison befriends lonely Giant Panda and skips happily in a meadow with it. The Most Offensive Lyrics and WTF Moments From ‘Chinese Food’|Culture Team|October 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST We searched the autumn meadow of golds and greens, high and low, wide and deep on the edges of the city. Book Bag: Terry Tempest Williams’s Birding Bibles|Terry Tempest Williams|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST After she broke up with Arie, she collapsed into sobs by a meadow, which was meant to be the site of their last date. ‘The Bachelorette’ Finale: Why Hide Jef Holm’s Mormon Connection?|Ramin Setoodeh, Miriam Shumway|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST She was just crossing a meadow, which was skirted by a wood. Do you think she'd have walked right into this meadow—unless she hadn't cared? IT and Other Stories|Gouverneur Morris Here then were near two hundred acres, environed by the Rhine, prettily disposed in wood and meadow, absolutely at our mercy. A Residence in France|J. Fenimore Cooper These are discovered in a strip of meadow near by, one only missing. The Death Shot|Mayne Reid This island, on the sea side, is a meadow or marsh intersected by several kills or creeks. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680|Jasper Danckaerts
British Dictionary definitions for meadow
nounan area of grassland, often used for hay or for grazing of animals a low-lying piece of grassland, often boggy and near a river Derived forms of meadowmeadowy, adjectiveWord Origin for meadowOld English mædwe, from mǣd mead ²; related to māwan to mow 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to meadowgrassland, pasture, prairie, plain, rug, steppe, carpet, lea, pasturage, heath, bottoms, mead, veldt |