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English Dictionary: meat	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for meat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meat n the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food 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(s): kernel, meat 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(s): kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meat \Meat\, v. t. To supply with food. [Obs.] --Tusser. His shield well lined, his horses meated well. --Chapman.