meat
n.
flesh; flesh of animals used as food; essence, main point
Meat
Meat, in its broadest definition, is
animal tissue used as
food. Most often it refers to
skeletal muscle and associated
fat, but it may also refer to non-
muscle organs, including
lungs,
livers,
skin,
brains,
bone marrow and
kidneys. The word meat is also used by the meat
packing and butchering industry in a more restrictive sense - the flesh of
mammalian species (pigs, cattle, etc.) raised and butchered for human consumption, to the exclusion of
fish,
poultry, and
eggs.
Eggs and
seafood are rarely referred to as meat even though they consist of animal tissue. Animals that consume only or mostly animals are
carnivores.
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meat
Noun
1. the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
(hypernym) food
(hyponym) stew meat
(substance-meronym) protein
(class) au jus
2. the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"
(synonym) kernel
(hypernym) plant part, plant structure
(part-holonym) seed
3. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
(synonym) kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) bare bones
Meat
(v. t.)
To supply with food.
(n.)
The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
(n.)
Specifically, dinner; the chief meal.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Meat
For a woman to dream of raw meat, denotes that she will meet with much discouragement in accomplishing her aims. If she sees cooked meat, it denotes that others will obtain the object for which she will strive.
See Beef.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project