meat
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Jump to: navigation, search See also méat
Contents |
English
Wikipedia has an article on: MeatEtymology
From Old English mete, cognate with Old High German maz (“food”), Latin madere (“to be wet”), Greek μαστός (mastos, “wet, breast”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: mēt, IPA: /miːt/, SAMPA: /mi:t/
-
Audio (US) (file) -
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːt
- Homophones: meet, mete
Noun
meat (countable and uncountable; plural meats)
- (now archaic, dialectal) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink. [from 8th c.]
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens:
- Your greatest want is, you want much of meat: / Why should you want? Behold, the Earth hath Rootes [...].
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens:
- (now rare) A type of food, a dish. [from 9th c.]
- (now archaic) A meal. [from 9th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew ch. 8:
- And hit cam to passe, thatt Jesus satt at meate in his housse.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew ch. 8:
- (uncountable) The flesh of an animal used as food. [from 14th c.]
- (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc. [from 15th c.]
- The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.
- (slang) The penis. [from 16th c.]
- (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance. [from 16th c.]
- The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly
- (colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something. [from 19th c.]
- We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor.
- (sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.). [from 20th c.]
- He hit it right on the meat of the bat.
- A meathead.
- Throw it in here, meat.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A totem; metonymy for its owner(s).
- 1949, Oceania, Vol. XX
- When a stranger comes to an aboriginal camp or settlement in north-western NSW, he is asked by one of the older aborigines: "What meat (clan) are you?"
- 1973, M. Fennel & A. Grey, Nucoorilma
- Granny Sullivan was ‘dead against’ the match at first because they did not know "what my meat was and because I was a bit on the fair side."
- 1977, A. K. Eckermann, Group Organisation and Identity
- Some people maintained that she was "sung" because her family had killed or eaten the "meat" (totem) of another group.
- 1992, P. Taylor Tell it Like it Is
- Our family […] usually married the red kangaroo "meat".
- 1993, J. Janson, Gunjies
- That’s a beautiful goanna. […]. He’s my meat, can’t eat him.
- 1949, Oceania, Vol. XX
Usage notes
The meaning "flesh of an animal used as food" is often understood to exclude fish and other seafood. For example, the rules for abstaining from meat in the Roman Catholic Church do not extend to fish; likewise, some people who consider themselves vegetarians also eat fish (though the more precise term for such a person is pescetarian).
Synonyms
- flesh
- See also Wikisaurus:meat
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from meatAnagrams
Latin
Verb
meat
- third-person singular present active indicative of meō.
|
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:05:52 GMT+00:00
New York Times A projected 33 percent growth in population in the next 20 years, combined with increased consumption of meat as the global middle class grows larger, ... Dealing With Scarcity New York Times (blog)
471px x 525px | 32.50kB
[source page]
my Xbox 360 So to end this part of the blog I post this picture for that game Wow I ve wasted so much time just telling you about this stupid little toy that I haven t even gotten to the meat of the blog That s right reviews of good games Ones like Mega Man 8 Not Mega Man 9 I don t have any Wii Points or anything Mega Man 8 And let me say this even on the Saturn it
