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mies.

cereal seed (for making bread)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmjes/[ˈmjes]
  1. cereal seed (for making bread)

    feminine
  2. seed, grain harvest time

    feminine
    atravesó una mies, donde los frescos plantones de maíz sostenían en sus primeros pasos a las tiernas alubias, viendo correr por entre sus pies a las holgazanas y rastreras calabazas.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish mies, from Latin messem (“harvest”).

verb/ˈmjes/[ˈmjes]
  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of mear (standard form is mees)

    form-of · nonstandard · present · second-person · singular · subjunctive
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