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Meaning of meadow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈmɛd.əʊ

Definitions

  1. A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
  2. A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated with grass or (especially) naturally covered with grass, especially one that is intended to be mown for hay or to be grazed
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A township in Clay County, Iowa.
  5. A tract of grassland, either in its natural state or used as pasture or for growing hay.
  6. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea
  7. Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.
  8. A township in Wadena County, Minnesota.
  9. a limited, relatively flat area of low vegetation dominated by grasses.
  10. To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay
  11. An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
  12. (often in plural) a field of grass, usually on low ground. There were cows in the meadow. weiland مَرْج، أرض مُعْشَوْشِبَه ливада prado louka die Wiese eng λιβάδιprado aas علفزار niitty préאחו घास का मैदान livada, travnjak rét padang rumput engi prato 牧草地 목초지 pieva pļava padang rumput weilandengłąka شنه ځمكه prado pajişte луг lúka travnik livada äng ทุ่งหญ้า çayır, otlak 草地 лука, луг سبزہ زار، چراگاہ đồng cỏ 草地
    often in plural
  13. An unincorporated community in Perkins County, South Dakota.
  14. (Physical Geography) an area of grassland, often used for hay or for grazing of animals
  15. A town in Terry County, Texas.
  16. (Physical Geography) a low-lying piece of grassland, often boggy and near a river
  17. A town in Millard County, Utah, originally named Meadow Creek.
  18. n → Wiese f, → Weide f; in the meadow → auf der Wiese or Weide
    n
  19. A female given name.
  20. n → Weideland nt
    n
  21. n → Wiesenstärling m
    n
  22. n → Mädesüß nt
    n

Equivalents

العربية أب المرج روض روضة مربع مرج
Azərbaycanca çayır çəmən çəmənlik
Беларуская луг
Български ливада лъка поля́на
Català prat
Čeština louka lučina luční luh lužní niva
Cymraeg dol gweirglodd
Dansk eng
Deutsch Aue Matte Weide Wiese
Esperanto herbejo
Eesti aas luht niit
Suomi aukio heinämaa niitty nurmi
Français prairie pré
Gaeilge cluain móinéar
Gàidhlig lèana
עברית אחו אפר
हिन्दी चरागाह
Magyar mező rét
Bahasa Indonesia padang rumput
Íslenska engi grund
Italiano prato
日本語 草原 草地
ქართული მდელო
ខ្មែរ វាលស្មៅ
한국어 초지 풀밭
Kurdî dol eng ret vêga
Latina pratum
Lietuvių pieva
Latviešu pļava
Македонски ливада
Bahasa Melayu padang rumput
မြန်မာဘာသာ မြက်ခင်း
Nederlands weide
Polski łąka łąkowy
پښتو ورشو
Português prado
Română livadă pajiște
Русский луг лука Поляна
Slovenčina lúka
Slovenščina travnik
Српски dol livada luka ливада луг лука
Svenska äng vång
Tagalog parang
Türkçe çayır
Українська луг лука поляна
اردو چراگاہ
Tiếng Việt động cơ

Examples

“But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook,[…].”
“[…]belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards,[…]”
“Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.”
“the salt meadows near Newark Bay”
“European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River.”
“"Oh, shoot. This must be bad. You're drinking a cocktail in the middle of the day," Meadow said, leaning down to hug her sister.”

CEFR level

C2
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