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Meadow — Mead ow, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. Fat meadow ground. Milton. [1913 Webster] Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Meadow — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Meadow (Georgia) Meadow (Nebraska) Meadow (South Dakota) Meadow (Tennessee) Meadow (Texas) Meadow (Utah) in Australien: Meadow (South Australia) in Kanada: Meadow (Neufundland und Labrador) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Meadow — Meadow, TX U.S. town in Texas Population (2000): 658 Housing Units (2000): 236 Land area (2000): 1.599908 sq. miles (4.143742 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.599908 sq. miles (4.143742 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Meadow, TX — U.S. town in Texas Population (2000): 658 Housing Units (2000): 236 Land area (2000): 1.599908 sq. miles (4.143742 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.599908 sq. miles (4.143742 sq. km) FIPS code:… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Meadow, UT — U.S. town in Utah Population (2000): 254 Housing Units (2000): 124 Land area (2000): 0.495077 sq. miles (1.282244 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.495077 sq. miles (1.282244 sq. km) FIPS code:… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
meadow — (n.) O.E. mædwe meadow, pasture, originally land covered in grass which is mown for hay; oblique case of mæd (see MEAD (Cf. mead) (n.2)) … Etymology dictionary
Meadow — Mead ow, n. [AS. meady; akin to m[=ae]d, and to G. matte; prob. also to E. mow. See {Mow} to cut (grass), and cf. 2d {Mead}.] 1. A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meadow — [n] grassy field bottoms*, carpet*, grassland, heath, lea, mead, pasturage, pasture, plain, prairie, rug*, steppe, veldt; concept 509 … New thesaurus
meadow — ► NOUN 1) an area of grassland, especially one used for hay. 2) a piece of low ground near a river. ORIGIN Old English, related to MOW(Cf. ↑mower) … English terms dictionary
meadow — [med′ō] n. [ME medow < OE mædwe, oblique case of mæd < Gmc * mædwa < IE base * mē , to MOW1] 1. a piece of grassland, esp. one used as a pasture or whose grass is grown for use as hay 2. low, level grassland near a stream, lake, etc.… … English World dictionary
Meadow — For other uses, see Meadow (disambiguation). Meadow in full flower near Grindelwald in the Swiss Alps. Such meadows even on steep hillsides are traditionally hand mown with hay scythes in late summer A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by… … Wikipedia
