to meat
- verb
- /miːt/
- Archaic
- If you want to impress your guests, remember to meat the salad with some grilled chicken.
Examples
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Kellene, I need to know how to can butter, wax the cheese, and can meat.
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To enhance the dish's flavor, make sure to meat the sauce with plenty of diced tomatoes.
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When making the stew, be sure to meat the broth with fresh herbs and spices.
Idioms
- Informal
To gain weight and become healthier after being thin or sick
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
Meat from the legs and thighs of a bird that is darker and juicier than breast meat
- Informal
Food whose type or where it comes from you cannot tell, often served in cafeterias
- Literature
A situation that causes a lot of harm and suffering to people over time
- Offensive
A place where employers quickly judge job seekers like products
- Jargon
Buttons or links that hide their function so users must guess what they do
Surface Forms
Etymology
Meat as a verb comes from the noun meat and simply means to add meat to a dish, so to 'meat' a stew is to make it more filling.