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[meet] 
–noun
—Idiom| 1. | the flesh of animals as used for food. |
| 2. | the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats. |
| 3. | the essential point or part of an argument, literary work, etc.; gist; crux: The meat of the play is the jealousy between the two brothers. |
| 4. | solid food: meat and drink. |
| 5. | solid or substantial content; pith: The article was full of meat, with few wasted words. |
| 6. | a favorite occupation, activity, etc.: Chess is his meat. |
| 7. | Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pork, esp. bacon. |
| 8. | Slang: Vulgar. penis. |
| 9. | Archaic. the principal meal: to say grace before meat. |
| 10. | piece of meat, Slang.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE mete food, c. OHG maz, ON matr, Goth mats
bef. 900; ME, OE mete food, c. OHG maz, ON matr, Goth mats
Related forms:
meatless, adjective
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| meat (mēt) n.
[Middle English mete, from Old English, food.] |
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Meat
Meat\, 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. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat. --Gen. i. 29. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. --Gen. ix. 3. 2. The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat. 3. Specifically, dinner; the chief meal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Meat biscuit. See under Biscuit. Meat earth (Mining), vegetable mold. --Raymond. Meat fly. (Zo["o]l.) 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.Meat
Meat\, v. t. To supply with food. [Obs.] --Tusser. His shield well lined, his horses meated well. --Chapman.
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Language Translation for : Meat
Spanish:
carne,
German:
das Fleisch; Fleisch-…,
Japanese:
肉
meat
O.E. mete "food, item of food" (contrasted with drink), from P.Gmc. *matiz (cf. O.Fris. mete, O.N. matr, Goth. mats "food," M.Du., Du. metworst, Ger. Mettwurst "type of sausage"), from PIE *mat-/*met- "measure" (see meter (2)). Narrower sense of "flesh used as food" is first attested c.1300.; figurative sense of "essential part" is from 1901. Dark meat, white meat supposedly popularized by Victorians as euphemisms for leg and breast. First record of meat loaf is from 1932. Meathead "stupid person" is from 1945; meat market "place where one looks for sex partners" is from 1896 (meat in various sexual senses of "penis, vagina, body regarded as a sex object, prostitute" are attested from 1595); meat wagon "ambulance" is from 1925, Amer.Eng. slang. Meaty "full of substance" is from 1881.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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meat
In addition to the idioms beginning with meat, also see beat the meat; one's man's meat is another man's poison.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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