- the flesh of animals as used for food: in particular, mammals, especially livestock and game, and often including poultry and game birds.
- the edible part of anything, as a fruit or nut: Crack the walnuts and remove the meats.
- 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.
- solid food: meat and drink.
- solid or substantial content; pith: The article was full of meat, with few wasted words.
- a favorite occupation, activity, etc.: Chess is his meat.
- pork, especially bacon.
- penis.
- the principal meal: to say grace before meat.
- piece of meat, Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
- a person regarded merely as a sex object: Years after winning a beauty pageant, she denounced the competition, saying she’d been crowned the judges’ favorite piece of meat.
- a person, as a prizefighter or laborer, regarded merely as a strong or useful physical specimen: The trainer never apologized for referring to his boxers as pieces of meat—if you made it to the top, he’d start calling you “Kid.”
- the flesh of mammals used as food, as distinguished from that of birds and fish
- anything edible, esp flesh with the texture of meat
- food, as opposed to drink
- the essence or gist
- an archaic word for meal 1
- a source of pleasure
- to lose nothing because one's offer is not accepted
