'Meat' definitions:
Definition of 'meat'
From: WordNet
noun
The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
noun
The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" [syn: kernel, meat]
noun
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty]
Definition of 'Meat'
From: GCIDE
- Meat \Meat\ (m[=e]t), n. [OE. mete, AS. mete; akin to OS. mat, meti, D. met hashed meat, G. mettwurst sausage, OHG. maz food, Icel. matr, Sw. mat, Dan. mad, Goth. mats. Cf. Mast fruit, Mush.]
- 1. 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. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. --Gen. i. 29. [1913 Webster]
- Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. --Gen. ix. 3. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Specifically: Dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Meat biscuit. See under Biscuit.
- Meat earth (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond.
- Meat fly. (Zool.) See Flesh fly, under Flesh.
- Meat offering (Script.), an offering of food, esp. of a cake made of flour with salt and oil.
- To go to meat, to go to a meal. [Obs.]
- To sit at meat, to sit at the table in taking food. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Meat'
From: GCIDE
- Meat \Meat\, v. t. To supply with food. [Obs.] --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
- His shield well lined, his horses meated well. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Meat'
- Meated,
- Broken meat,
- Butcher's meat,
- Dog's meat,
- Flesh meat,
- Meat biscuit,
- Meat earth,
- Meat fly,
- Meat offering,
- Milk meats,
- Shell meat,
- To go to meat,
- To make meat,
- To sit at meat,
- White meat,
- canned meat,
- coconut meat,
- cut of meat,
- dark meat,
- forced meat,
- jerked meat,
- lunch meat,
- luncheon meat,
- meat and potatoes,
- meat cleaver,
- meat counter,
- meat eater,
- meat eating,
- meat grinder,
- meat hook,
- meat hooks,
- meat house,
- meat loaf,
- meat market,
- meat packer,
- meat packing,
- meat pie,
- meat safe,
- meat thermometer,
- raw meat,
- red meat,
- sausage meat,
- side of meat,
- stew meat,
- tinned meat,
- variety meat,
- Baked-meat,
- Duck's-meat,
- Mince-meat,
- Spoon-meat,
- meat-eating,
- meat-packing business