Meadow
['medəʊ] or ['mɛdo]
Definition
(n.) A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.
(n.) Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Mead, lea, grass land, sward land.
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Definition
n. a level tract producing grass to be mown down: a rich pasture-ground—(poet.) Mead.—ns. Mead′ow-fox′tail (see Foxtail); Mead′ow-grass the larger and more useful kinds of grass grown in meadows for hay and pasture; Mead′ow-hay a coarse grass or sedge growing in moist places used as fodder or bedding; Mead′ow-lark the American field-lark; Mead′ow-saff′ron the colchicum—also Autumn-crocus or Naked lady; Mead′ow-sweet Mead′ow-wort an ornamental shrub or plant with white flowers called also Queen of the meadow.—adj. Mead′owy.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of meadows, predicts happy reunions under bright promises of future prosperity.
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Examples
- My lady's tongue is like the meadow blades, That cut you stroking them with idle hand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As they came up, still deep in the shadow of the pines, after dropping down from the high meadow into the wooden valley and climbing up it on a trail that paralleled the stream and then left it to gain, steeply, the top of a rim-rock formation, a man with a carbine stepped out from behind a tree. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Round and round the meadow went horse and man, forming so striking a sight that Maurice and Crispin paused in their dressing to look at it. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There were four haycocks in the meadow that had stood there ever since the fighting in July of the year before. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The night was quiet and clear and Andreu Nin left the stream and struck across the meadow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They seemed glad to meet and rest awhile in the meadow; here they discoursed with one another of what they had seen in the other world. Plato. The Republic.
- He then turned to cross to the north side of the Chickahominy by Meadow Bridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There were three horses feeding in the meadow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A thick wood skirted the meadow-land in another direction; but they could not have gained that covert for the same reason. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They were walking down the edge of the meadow now and there was a gray mist. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When the night came, he turned into a meadow; and, creeping close under a hay-rick, determined to lie there, till morning. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He looked at her and across the meadow where a hawk was hunting and the big afternoon clouds were coming now over the mountains. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Pablo stayed in the meadow talking to the horse for a long time. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When the sisters came to Willey Water, the lake lay all grey and visionary, stretching into the moist, translucent vista of trees and meadow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She turned her face up at Pilar and smiled at her but the big woman looked on across the meadow at the mountains. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mr. Miller was saying our land was better than Mullins's Meadows. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The lake was blue and fair, the meadows sloped down in sunshine on one side, the thick dark woods dropped steeply on the other. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Swiftly and silently he made his way along the track which ran through the meadows, and so by way of the woods to the Boscombe Pool. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ah, Mullins's Meadows,' repeated the fat man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Across the dewy meadows he bounded fawn-like, singing as gayly as the lark already saluting the sun in the fresh blue sky. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In sunshine we see a greenness beneath the azure, as of spring meadows; we catch glimpses of silver lines, and imagine the roll of living waters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A tranquil summer sunset shone upon him as he approached the end of his walk, and passed through the meadows by the river side. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The meal over, the party were free to run and play in the meadows; a few stayed to help the farmer's wife to put away her earthenware. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Triangles and rectangles cease to suggest meadows, or vineyards, or any definite imagery of that sort, and are discussed in their abstract relationship. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The road was smooth, it was bordered by trees, fields, and grassy meadows, and the soft air was filled with the odor of flowers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Cept Mullins's Meadows,' observed the fat man solemnly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As the morning was fine and he had an hour on his hands, he crossed the river by the ferry, and strolled along a footpath through some meadows. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Mullins's Meadows! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Suddenly, however, he started, tapped me on the shoulder, and pointed over the meadows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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