MEAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mead mean? 

• MEAD (noun)
  The noun MEAD has 3 senses:

1. United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

2. United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)

3. made of fermented honey and water

  Familiarity information: MEAD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Margaret Mead; Mead

Instance hypernyms:

anthropologist (a social scientist who specializes in anthropology)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

George Herbert Mead; Mead

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Made of fermented honey and water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("mead" is a kind of...):

brew; brewage (drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling)

Meronyms (substance of "mead"):

honey (a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees)

hydromel (honey diluted in water; becomes mead when fermented)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mead"):

metheglin (spiced or medicated mead)

 Context examples 

“It is like mead and vinegar, half sweet, half sour. And is there no question which you would ask my lady?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Beer for the lads of the forest, mead for the gleeman, strong waters for the tinker, and wine for the rest.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“One more round of mead or ale and the score to the last comer.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But there are ale, mead, and wine in the buttery, and the steward a merry rogue, who will not haggle over a quart or two.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It would take a clever man to live upon thy labor, Hugh,” remarked one of the foresters, “seeing that the half of thy time is spent in swilling mead at the 'Pied Merlin.'”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)