# meadow

Pronunciation: say "MED-oh" US /ˈmɛd.oʊ/, UK /ˈmɛd.əʊ/

## Noun

1. An area of land covered with grass and other low plants, often mown for hay or used for grazing; some lie low and wet beside rivers or the sea.
   - Simple: A field of grass and wild plants, often cut for hay, sometimes wet land beside a river or the sea.
   - _The farmer waits for a dry spell in June before mowing the meadow._
   - _Sheep wandered across the upper meadows while the farmer mended the fence._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To plant land with grass in order to produce hay.

## Origin

From Middle English medowe, medewe (beside mede, modern mead), from Old English mǣdwe, an inflected form of mǣd, from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”). Compare West Frisian miede, dialectal German Matte (“mountain pasture”), Welsh medi and Latin metō; mow comes from the simpler root *h₂meh₁-, of which *h₂met- is an enlargement.

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