meat
Meaning
- (uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food, or a food designed to replicate its taste and texture (like plant-based meat).
- (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
- (archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) A type of food, a dish.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) A meal.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Meal; flour.
- (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
- (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) A penis.
- (colloquial, countable, uncountable) The best or most substantial part of something.
- (countable, uncountable) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
- (countable, slang, uncountable) A meathead.
- (countable, uncountable) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.
Opposite of
drink
Synonyms
Translations
viande
carne
Fleisch
carne
carne
vlees
carn
κρέας
et
caro
لحم
goştFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/miːt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English mete, from Old English mete (“food”), from Proto-West Germanic *mati, from Proto-Germanic *matiz (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to drip, ooze; grease, fat”). Cognate with West Frisian mete, Old Saxon meti, Old High German maz (“food”), Icelandic matur, Swedish mat, Danish mad, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats). A -ja- derivation from the same base is found in Middle Dutch and Middle Low German met (“lean pork”), from which Dutch met (“minced pork”) and German Mett (“minced meat”) derive, respectively. Compare also Old Irish mess (“animal feed”) and Welsh mes (“acorns”), English mast (“fodder for swine and other animals”), which are probably from the same root.
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