| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| mead | noun | A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel., A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas., A meadow. |
| meak | noun | A hook with a long handle. |
| meal | noun | A part; a fragment; a portion., The portion of food taken at a particular time for the satisfaction of appetite; the quantity usually taken at one time with the purpose of satisfying hunger; a repast; the act or time of eating a meal; as, the traveler has not eaten a good meal for a week; there was silence during the meal., Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse., Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated., To sprinkle with, or as with, meal., To pulverize; as, mealed powder. |
| mean | verb t. | To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?, To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote., To have a purpose or intention., Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble., Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive., Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable., Of poor quality; as, mean fare., Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality., Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes., Intermediate in excellence of any kind., Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day., That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure., A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities., That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument., Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance., A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part., Meantime; meanwhile., A mediator; a go-between. |
| mear | noun | A boundary. See Mere. |
| meat | noun | Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an egg., The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat., Specifically, dinner; the chief meal., To supply with food. |
| meaw | noun | The sea mew., See Mew, to cry as a cat. |
| mede | noun | A native or inhabitant of Media in Asia., See lst & 2d Mead, and Meed. |
| meed | noun | That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense., Merit or desert; worth., A gift; also, a bride., To reward; to repay., To deserve; to merit. |
| meek | superl. | Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive., Evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face., Alt. of Meeken |
| meer | adjective | Simple; unmixed. See Mere, a., See Mere, a lake., A boundary. See Mere. |
| meet | verb t. | To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking., To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents., To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear., To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate., To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one’s expectations; the supply meets the demand., To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle., To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict., To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December., To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite., An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting., Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient., Meetly. |
| meg- | Alt. of Megalo- | |
| mega | Alt. of Megalo- | |
| mell | verb i. & t. | To mix; to meddle., Honey., A mill. |
| melt | noun | See 2d Milt., To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow., Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken., To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures., To dissolve; as, sugar melts in the mouth., Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear., To lose distinct form or outline; to blend., To disappear by being dispersed or dissipated; as, the fog melts away. |
| mend | verb t. | To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine., To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one’s manners or pace., To help, to advance, to further; to add to., To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved. |
| ment | past participle | of Menge, p. p. of Menge. |
| menu | noun | The details of a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| meow | verb i. & noun | See 6th and 7th Mew. |
| merd | noun | Ordure; dung. |
| mere | noun | A pool or lake., A boundary., To divide, limit, or bound., A mare., Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified., Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form. |
| merk | noun | An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc., A mark; a sign. |
| merl | noun | Alt. of Merle |
| mes- | See Meso-., A combining form denoting in the middle, intermediate;, denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively. | |
| mesa | /. | A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. |
| mesh | noun | The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net., The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack., To catch in a mesh., To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels. |
| mess | noun | Mass; church service., A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time., A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table; as, the wardroom mess., A set of four; — from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner., The milk given by a cow at one milking., A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it., To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers., To supply with a mess. |
| mest | adjective | Most. |
| met- | A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely., Other; duplicate, corresponding to; resembling; hence, metameric; as, meta-arabinic, metaldehyde., That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-., Having less than the highest number of hydroxyl groups; — said of acids; as, metaphosphoric acid. Also used adjectively. | |
| mete | noun | Meat., To meet., To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed., To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure., To measure., Measure; limit; boundary; — used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds. |
| meth | noun | See Meathe. |
| meve | verb t. & i. | To move. |
| mewl | verb i. | To cry, as a young child; to squall. |
| mews | noun sing. & pl. | An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place. |