Recent Examples on the WebThe Connachers bought the land in Stowe in the 1980s with the intention of building a vacation home for their family, except there was one problem: The sloping meadow had a river running right through it. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2022 On site are a 400-year-old Lebanese Cedar tree, a rose garden with a Dolphin fountain, a wild meadow orchard and nearly 19 acres of grassland. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2022 Thursday’s dedication, organized by the nonprofit Sundance Nature Alliance, began with music — three members of the Utah Symphony performing Dvorak — and ended with a Champagne toast and a picnic lunch on the meadow. Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 There’s a house tour, an al fresco dinner, a game of doubles pingpong and a walk in the overgrown meadow nearby. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 8 July 2022 Take a pottery class, get your aura photographed, meditate in a meadow amongst grazing horses… honestly, the possibilities are endless. April Long, Town & Country, 24 July 2022 In a high meadow, a small blue butterfly flitters between yellow and white and purple wildflowers. Andrew Mccarthy, Robb Report, 16 July 2022 Akim and Farruko released the video, directed by Fernando Lugo, which flashes between the pair singing at a club and standing in a meadow with dancers in matching outfits. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2022 This is typically a mixture of low-growing turfgrasses — most are a blend of fescues — that require little grooming, use less water and can be maintained as a turf lawn or left unmown for a meadow-like appearance. Laura Daily, Washington Post, 29 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English medwe, medowe "grassland kept for hay, pasture field," going back to Old English mǣdwe, oblique singular case form of mǣd, going back to West Germanic *mēdwō- (whence also Old Frisian mēde "pasture, meadow," Middle Dutch māde, mēde), noun derivative from the verbal base *mē- "reap, mow" — more at mow entry 2
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of meadow was before the 12th century