meat

noun13

1. •
   the soft parts of the body of an animal killed for food

   • A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.
   • The homesteading teenager shot a deer to supply his family with wild meat for the winter.
2. •
   A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.

   • The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.
3. •
   The best or most substantial part of something.

   • […]it is time to begin "A Dialogue between Viator and Piscator," which is the meat of the matter. — 1577
4. •
   The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).

   • He hit it right on the meat of the bat.
5. •
   A food designed to replicate its taste and texture (such as plant-based meat).
6. •
   Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.

   • The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.
7. •
   (slang, vulgar) A penis.

   • He sits me on the floor (the shower is still beating down on us). He lays me down and slides his huge meat into me. — 1993
8. •
   (slang) A meathead.

   • Throw it in here, meat.
9. •
   A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

   • When a stranger comes to an aboriginal camp or settlement in north-western NSW, he is asked by one of the older aborigines: "What meat (clan) are you?" — 1949
10. •
    (dialect, no longer used) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food.

    • I was anhongred, and ye gave me meate. I thursted, and ye gave me drinke. — 1526
11. •
    (no longer used) A type of food, a dish.
12. •
    (no longer used) A meal.

    • And hit cam to passe, thatt Jesus satt at meate in his housse. — 1526
13. •
    (no longer used) Meal; flour.