meadow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: meadow	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for meadow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meadow n a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay Synonym(s): hayfield, meadow
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meadow \Mead"ow\, n. [AS. meady; akin to m[aemac]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. 2. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow ground.[b8] --Milton. Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}. {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes. {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay and for pasture. See {Grass}. {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.] {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}. (b) The American coot ({Fulica}). (c) The clapper rail. {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus of American birds allied to the starlings. The common species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black crescent. {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola}, as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called also {field mouse}, and {field vole}. {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes. {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite. {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}. {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe. {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species. {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}. {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}. {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel. {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Meadow, SD Zip code(s): 57644 Meadow, TX (town, FIPS 47316) Location: 33.33823 N, 102.20620 W Population (1990): 547 (212 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79345 Meadow, UT (town, FIPS 48830) Location: 38.88680 N, 112.40593 W Population (1990): 250 (122 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Meadow (1.) Heb. ha'ahu (Gen. 41:2, 18), probably an Egyptain word transferred to the Hebrew; some kind of reed or water-plant. In the Revised Version it is rendered "reed-grass", i.e., the sedge or rank grass by the river side. (2.) Heb. ma'areh (Judg. 20:33), pl., "meadows of Gibeah" (R.V., after the LXX., "Maareh-geba"). Some have adopted the rendering "after Gibeah had been left open." The Vulgate translates the word "from the west."