Associations to the word «Mead»

Wiktionary

MEAD, noun. An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
MEAD, noun. (US) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
MEAD, noun. (poetic) A meadow.
MEAD, proper noun. A surname​.
MEAD BENCH, noun. A mead-hall.
MEAD HALL, noun. Nordic King's structure, center of the community, a place for feasting, with ample brewed beverages (mead).

Dictionary definition

MEAD, noun. United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978).
MEAD, noun. United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931).
MEAD, noun. Made of fermented honey and water.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats