meat

noun (meat — uncountable; meats for types)

«meat» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Meat is the flesh of animals, such as cows, pigs, sheep and chickens, eaten as food. tree →

In the lessons

In health and food, meat gives us protein, which helps build muscles; a balanced diet can include meat, fish, beans and eggs. In safety, raw meat can carry germs, so keep it away from other food, wash hands and chopping boards after touching it, and cook it all the way through (no pink chicken). In science, animals that eat mainly meat are carnivores. People who don't eat meat are vegetarians; vegans eat no animal products at all.

Examples

We had meat and vegetables for dinner. tree →
Wash your hands after touching raw meat. tree →
Make sure the chicken meat is cooked all the way through. tree →
Lions are carnivores; they eat meat. tree →
My sister doesn't eat meat; she's vegetarian. tree →
Keep raw meat on the bottom shelf of the fridge. tree →
Beef is meat from cows. tree →
"Some wine and meat," she replied. tree →

Note

Uncountable: «some meat», «a piece of meat», not «a meat». Homophone: «meet» (to come together with someone). Names differ from the animal: beef (cow), pork/ham/bacon (pig), lamb/mutton (sheep), venison (deer); chicken stays chicken.

In Jewish tradition

In older English "meat" meant any food, not only flesh. Here it means food that was prepared for a meal.

Interpretation. Later Jewish law has rules about which meat may be eaten (kosher) and forbids mixing meat with milk. Those rules are not in this verse, where "meat" simply means food.

Examples

And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.' (Torah GEN.43.16, JPS 1917) tree →
She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. (Writings PRO.9.2, JPS 1917) tree →
If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?' (Writings JOB.31.31, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Early Modern English

Meaning

Food of any kind. tree →

Then and now

Today "meat" means the flesh of animals. In the first sentence it means food in general, which is an old sense. The second and third sentences use the modern sense.

Examples

And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.' (Torah GEN.43.16, JPS 1917) tree →
"Some wine and meat," she replied. (Grimm's Fairy Stories) tree →
"What are you waiting for, dog's-meat?" (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →

Note

Today: food.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «meat» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«meat» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «meat» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«meat» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «meat» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«meat» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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