meat

English

/miːt/, /mit/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
  • (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
  • (now) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink (meat and drink).
  • (now) A type of food, a dish.
  • (archaic) A meal.
  • (obsolete) Meal; flour.
  • (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
  • (slang) A penis.
  • (colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
  • (sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
  • (slang) A meathead.
  • (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mete (food) inherited from Old English mete (food, meat) inherited from Proto-Germanic *matiz (food) derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (wet, meet, fat, come, drip, encounter, ooze, grease, well-fed, glossy, dripping, approach, be wet), *meh₂d- (wet, meet, fat, come, drip, encounter, ooze, grease, well-fed, glossy, dripping, approach, be wet).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meh₂d-

Gloss

wet, meet, fat, come, drip, encounter, ooze, grease, well-fed, glossy, dripping, approach, be wet

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

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Emoji
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