meadow
- 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
I 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.
Examples
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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.
Fiction book (1991) -
The pack advanced out into the meadow, picking up speed, heading toward the mound.
Fiction book (1991) -
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.
Academic text (2011) -
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
An area of open land used for farming or grazing
Land with grass where farm animals eat
An open area covered mainly with grass where animals live or graze
Land with grass where animals like cows or sheep eat
A field where grass is cut and dried to feed animals
Land covered with grass where cows or sheep eat
Land with grass where farm animals eat
Open land with grass and wildflowers where animals graze
Compounds
A wildflower from North America with pink to purple flowers that grows in wet meadows
- UK
A small brown and white songbird that lives in open grasslands and sings a thin high song
A plant with thin divided leaves and small purple or yellow flowers that grows in damp meadows by streams
A plant that has a bulb and makes purple or white flowers in autumn and is poisonous to eat
- US
A plant with divided leaves that grows in meadows and open woods in eastern North America
A grass that lives for many years with wide flat leaves grown for animal grazing, hay, and lawns
A tall North American plant with bright yellow flower groups on curved stems, often seen as a weed
- US
A wild flower that grows in meadows and open woods and has hanging yellow or red blooms with brown spots
A low plant that lives for many years with small white flower clusters in meadows
- US
A small mouse-like animal with a short tail and stocky body that lives in grasslands in northern North America
- 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.