| mead
|
made of fermented honey and water |
- |
| meadow
|
a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay |
hayfield |
| meadowgrass
|
any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture |
meadow grass |
| meadowlark
|
North American songbirds having a yellow breast |
lark |
| meager
|
deficient in amount or quality or extent |
meagerly,
meagre,
scrimpy,
stingy |
| meagerly
|
to a meager degree or in a meager manner |
meagrely,
slenderly,
sparingly |
| meagerly
|
deficient in amount or quality or extent |
meager,
meagre,
scrimpy,
stingy |
| meagerness
|
the quality of being meager |
meagreness,
poorness,
exiguity,
scantiness,
scantness,
leanness |
| meagre
|
deficient in amount or quality or extent |
meager,
meagerly,
scrimpy,
stingy |
| meagrely
|
to a meager degree or in a meager manner |
meagerly,
slenderly,
sparingly |
| meagreness
|
the quality of being meager |
meagerness,
poorness,
exiguity,
scantiness,
scantness,
leanness |
| meal
|
the food served and eaten at one time |
repast |
| meal
|
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times |
- |
| meal
|
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse |
- |
| mealberry
|
evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn |
red bearberry,
hog cranberry,
mountain box,
wild cranberry,
sand berry,
sandberry,
common bearberry,
creashak,
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi,
bear's grape |
| mealie
|
an ear of corn |
- |
| mealtime
|
the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten |
- |
| mealworm
|
the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae |
- |
| mealy
|
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency |
grainy,
granular,
granulose,
gritty,
coarse-grained,
farinaceous |
| mealy
|
containing meal or made of meal |
- |
| mealybug
|
scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees |
mealy bug |
| mealymouthed
|
hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy |
mealy-mouthed |
| mean
|
mean or intend to express or convey |
intend |
| mean
|
have as a logical consequence |
entail,
imply |
| mean
|
denote or connote |
intend,
stand for,
signify |
| mean
|
have in mind as a purpose |
intend,
think |
| mean
|
have a specified degree of importance |
- |
| mean
|
intend to refer to |
have in mind,
think of |
| mean
|
destine or designate for a certain purpose |
- |
| mean
|
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n |
mean value |
| mean
|
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value |
average |
| mean
|
characterized by malice |
hateful |
| mean
|
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality |
meanspirited,
base |
| mean
|
marked by poverty befitting a beggar |
beggarly |
| mean
|
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity |
mingy,
miserly,
tight |
| mean
|
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt |
beggarly |
| mean
|
of no value or worth |
bastardly |
| mean
|
very good; of the highest quality |
ripping,
excellent,
splendid,
fantabulous,
first-class |
| meander
|
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
wander,
weave,
wind,
thread |
| meander
|
a bend or curve, as in a stream or river |
- |
| meander
|
an aimless amble on a winding course |
ramble |
| meandering
|
of a path e.g. |
rambling,
wandering,
winding |
| meanderingly
|
in a meandering manner |
- |
| meanie
|
a person of mean disposition |
unkind person,
meany |
| meaning
|
the message that is intended or expressed or signified |
import,
significance,
signification |
| meaning
|
the idea that is intended |
substance |
| meaning
|
rich in significance or implication |
pregnant,
significant |
| meaningful
|
having a meaning or purpose |
- |
| meaningfully
|
in a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful |
- |
| meaningfulness
|
the quality of having great value or significance |
- |
| meaningless
|
having no meaning or direction or purpose |
nonmeaningful |
| meaningless
|
producing no result or effect |
unavailing,
ineffectual,
otiose,
futile |
| meaninglessness
|
a message that seems to convey no meaning |
nonsense,
bunk,
nonsensicality,
hokum |
| meaninglessness
|
the quality of having no value or significance |
- |
| meanly
|
in a nasty ill-tempered manner |
nastily |
| meanly
|
in a despicable, ignoble manner |
scurvily,
basely |
| meanly
|
poorly or in an inferior manner |
- |
| meanly
|
in a miserly manner |
humbly |
| meanness
|
the quality of being deliberately mean |
beastliness |
| meanness
|
extreme stinginess |
tightness,
niggardliness,
niggardness,
minginess,
parsimoniousness,
parsimony,
closeness,
tightfistedness |
| means
|
to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end |
way,
agency |
| means
|
considerable capital (wealth or income) |
substance |
| means
|
an artifact (that is instrumental in accomplishing some end) for accomplishing some end |
instrumentation,
instrumentality |
| meanspirited
|
lacking in magnanimity |
ungenerous |
| meanspirited
|
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality |
mean,
base |
| meanspiritedly
|
in a meanspirited manner |
- |
| meantime
|
during the intervening time |
in the meantime,
meanwhile |
| meantime
|
the time between one event, process, or period and another |
lag,
interim,
meanwhile |
| meanwhile
|
at the same time but in another place |
- |
| meanwhile
|
during the intervening time |
in the meantime,
meantime |
| meanwhile
|
the time between one event, process, or period and another |
lag,
interim,
meantime |
| meany
|
a person of mean disposition |
unkind person,
meanie |
| mearstone
|
an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab |
meerestone,
merestone |
| measles
|
an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children |
rubeola,
morbilli |
| measly
|
contemptibly small in amount |
miserable,
paltry |
| measurability
|
the quality of being measurable |
quantifiability |
| measurable
|
capable of being measured |
mensurable |
| measurable
|
of distinguished importance |
- |
| measurably
|
to a measurable degree |
- |
| measure
|
determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of |
measure out,
mensurate |
| measure
|
express as a number or measure or quantity |
quantify |
| measure
|
have certain dimensions |
- |
| measure
|
evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of |
evaluate,
valuate,
value,
appraise,
assess |
| measure
|
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal |
step |
| measure
|
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
quantity,
amount |
| measure
|
a statute in draft before it becomes law |
bill |
| measure
|
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule |
measurement,
measuring,
mensuration |
| measure
|
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated |
standard,
criterion,
touchstone |
| measure
|
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
beat,
meter,
metre,
cadence |
| measure
|
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats |
bar |
| measure
|
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements |
measuring rod,
measuring stick |
| measure
|
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance |
- |
| measured
|
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables |
metric,
metrical |
| measured
|
carefully thought out in advance |
deliberate,
calculated |
| measured
|
unhurried and with care and dignity |
deliberate,
careful |
| measured
|
having notes of fixed rhythmic value |
mensurable,
mensural |
| measuredly
|
in a deliberate unhurried manner |
deliberately |
| measureless
|
without limits in extent or size or quantity |
unmeasured,
illimitable,
limitless |
| measurement
|
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule |
measure,
measuring,
mensuration |
| measurer
|
a person who makes measurements |
- |
| measuring
|
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule |
measure,
measurement,
mensuration |
| meat
|
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food |
- |
| meat
|
the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone |
kernel |
| meat
|
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
heart,
center,
centre,
core,
nitty-gritty,
nub,
inwardness,
heart and soul,
marrow,
pith,
kernel,
gist,
essence,
substance,
sum |
| meatball
|
ground meat formed into a ball and fried or simmered in broth |
- |
| meatless
|
lacking meat |
- |
| meatloaf
|
a baked loaf of ground meat |
meat loaf |
| meatman
|
a retailer of meat |
butcher |
| meatpacking
|
wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers) |
meat packing,
meat-packing business |
| meatus
|
a natural body passageway |
- |
| meaty
|
like or containing meat |
- |
| meaty
|
being on topic and prompting thought |
substantive |