meadow
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- noun
- /ˈmɛdoʊ/
- The farmer took his cows out to graze in the lush green meadow before the evening rain.
- fields and meadows
- mountain meadows
- open meadows
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Watch on YouTubeI want it to be more like full and like heavily planted and natural, like with some natural plantings and some Meadow areas.
- I want it to be more like full and like heavily planted and natural, like with some natural plantings and some Meadow areas.
- And so you can look at how meadows work ecosystems, and then you could look at the Internet, which was just beginning.
- You know the skipping through the tulips meadows.
- And it's Toby's contention that if we make it through this precipice, you broaden out and you have the Meadow.
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They prefer it out in the meadow, where they can get a graze on.
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Slip through that entrance over there and in the meadow, you'll see a potting shed.
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I will meet you in the meadow.
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Walking the bike, I crossed the meadow to the small ring of trees.
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The pack advanced out into the meadow, picking up speed, heading toward the mound.
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I want to be walking in beautiful meadows full of wildflowers.
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We found that the Egypt Meadow Trail winds through a mixed hardwood forest.
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The grass in the Meadow is the same green as Tamlin's eyes, and oh, she never noticed there are flecks of amber in it.
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The grass grows, the buds burst, the Meadow is spotted with fire and gold in the tint of flowers.
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Further away are the woods, meadows, fields, and the built-up nuclei of the neighboring villages.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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An area of open land used for farming or grazing
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Land with grass where farm animals eat
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An open area covered mainly with grass where animals live or graze
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Land with grass where animals like cows or sheep eat
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A field where grass is cut and dried to feed animals
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Land with grass where farm animals eat
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Land covered with grass where cows or sheep eat
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Open land with grass and wildflowers where animals graze
Compounds
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A plant with thin divided leaves and small purple or yellow flowers that grows in damp meadows by streams
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A small North American animal with long back legs that jumps in meadows
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A small mouse-like animal with a short tail and stocky body that lives in grasslands in northern North America
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A small brown and white songbird that lives in open grasslands and sings a thin high song
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A plant with divided leaves that grows in meadows and open woods in eastern North America
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A wildflower from North America with pink to purple flowers that grows in wet meadows
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A plant that has a bulb and makes purple or white flowers in autumn and is poisonous to eat
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A tall North American plant with bright yellow flower groups on curved stems, often seen as a weed
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A wild flower that grows in meadows and open woods and has hanging yellow or red blooms with brown spots
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A low plant that lives for many years with small white flower clusters in meadows
A grass that lives for many years with wide flat leaves grown for animal grazing, hay, and lawns
- Specialized
A group of plants with bright flowers that includes trees, shrubs, and garden herbs
A grass that grows in wet fields and marshes and provides grazing for cattle
A plant from eastern North America with hanging yellow or red flowers spotted with brown
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Etymology
The word meadow comes from an old English word mæd that meant 'mown land' or 'grass'. So think of a meadow as a field cut for 'hay' or left for animals to graze, which is why the word today means a grassy place in the countryside.