Meat definition
The edible flesh of animals, especially that of mammals as opposed to that of fish or poultry.
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Meat is vulgar slang for a person’s body, in a strictly sexual view.
An example of meat is how a woman might describe her younger boyfriend.
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(slang) Something that one enjoys or excels in; a forte.
Tennis is his meat.
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Meat is defined as a food that comes from mammals, or hair-covered animals that feed their young milk.
An example of meat is a steak.
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The essence, substance, or gist.
The meat of the editorial.
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Nourishment; food.
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The genitals.
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The edible, inner part.
The meat of a nut.
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One's quarry.
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The definition of meat is the inside of something or the part that has the most value or interest.
An example of meat is the edible part of a walnut.
An example of meat is the good part of a story.
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The edible part, as of a piece of fruit or a nut.
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Food; esp., solid food, as distinguished from drink.
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The substance, meaning, or gist.
The meat of a story.
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(archaic) A meal, esp. dinner.
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(slang) The external genital organs.
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The flesh of animals used as food, esp. the flesh of mammals or, often, of fowl.
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(informal) The of a person.
Not much meat on her bones.
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(now archaic, dialectal) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink. [from 8th c.]
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(countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance. [from 16th c.]
The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.
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(colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something. [from 16th c.]
We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor.
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The human body regarded as an object of sexual desire.
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(informal) meat and potatoes
- The fundamental parts or part; the basis.
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one's meat
- something that one especially enjoys or is skillful at
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
meat
Plural:
meatsIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
one's meat
Origin of meat
- Middle English mete from Old English food
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English mete, from Old English mete (“meat, food"), from Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food"), from Proto-Indo-European *mad- (“to drip, ooze; grease, fat"). Cognate with Frisian mete, Old Saxon meti, Old High German maz (“food"), Old Icelandic matr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats), from a Proto-Germanic *matiz. A -ja- derivation from the same base is found in Middle Dutch and Middle Low German met (“lean pork"), whence Modern Low German Mett (“minced meat") (whence 16th c. German Mettwurst (“a kind of sausage"))
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