Definition of meat

• n. - 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.
• n. - The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
• n. - Specifically, dinner; the chief meal.
• v. t. - To supply with food.