Meet vs. Meat
Meetverb
Of individuals: to make personal contact.
Meatnoun
(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as 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.’;
Meetverb
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
‘Fancy meeting you here!’; ‘Guess who I met at the supermarket today?’;
Meatnoun
(countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
‘The butchery's profit rate on various meats varies greatly.’;
Meetverb
To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
‘Let's meet at the station at 9 o'clock.’; ‘Shall we meet at 8 p.m in our favorite chatroom?’;
Meatnoun
Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
Meetverb
To get acquainted with someone.
‘I'm pleased to meet you!’; ‘I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.’; ‘I met my husband through a mutual friend at a party. It wasn't love at first sight; in fact, we couldn't stand each other at first!’;
Meatnoun
A type of food, a dish.
Meetverb
(Ireland) To French kiss someone.
Meatnoun
A meal.
Meetverb
Of groups: to gather or oppose.
Meatnoun
(uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
‘The apple looked fine on the outside, but the meat was not very firm.’;
Meetverb
To gather for a formal or social discussion.
‘I met with them several times.’; ‘The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.’;
Meatnoun
(slang) A penis.
Meetverb
To come together in conflict.
Meatnoun
(colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
‘We recruited him right from the meat of our competitor.’;
Meetverb
(sports) To play a match.
‘England and Holland will meet in the final.’;
Meatnoun
(sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
‘He hit it right on the meat of the bat.’;
Meetverb
To make physical or perceptual contact.
Meatnoun
A meathead.
‘Throw it in here, meat.’;
Meetverb
To converge and finally touch or intersect.
‘The two streets meet at a crossroad half a mile away.’;
Meatnoun
(Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.
Meetverb
To touch or hit something while moving.
‘The right wing of the car met the column in the garage, leaving a dent.’;
Meatnoun
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.
‘And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, . . . to you it shall be for meat.’; ‘Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you.’;
Meetverb
To adjoin, be physically touching.
‘The carpet meets the wall at this side of the room.’; ‘The forest meets the sea along this part of the coast.’;
Meatnoun
The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat.
Meetverb
To satisfy; to comply with.
‘This proposal meets my requirements.’; ‘The company agrees to meet the cost of any repairs.’;
Meatnoun
Dinner; the chief meal.
Meetverb
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
‘The eye met a horrid sight.’; ‘He met his fate.’;
Meatverb
To supply with food.
‘His shield well lined, his horses meated well.’;
Meetnoun
A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming (a swim meet).
Meatnoun
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Meetnoun
A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
Meatnoun
the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone;
‘black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell’;
Meetnoun
(rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
Meatnoun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
‘the gist of the prosecutor's argument’; ‘the heart and soul of the Republican Party’; ‘the nub of the story’;
Meetnoun
A meeting.
‘OK, let's arrange a meet with Tyler and ask him.’;
Meat
Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and killed animals for meat since prehistoric times.
Meetnoun
(algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
Meetnoun
(Irish) An act of French kissing someone.
Meetadjective
(archaic) Suitable; right; proper.
Meetverb
To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.
Meetverb
To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.
Meetverb
To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.
‘His daughter came out to meet him.’;
Meetverb
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.
‘Of vice or virtue, whether blest or curst,Which meets contempt, or which compassion first.’;
Meetverb
To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.
Meetverb
To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.
‘O, when meet nowSuch pairs in love and mutual honor joined !’;
Meetverb
To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.
‘Weapons more violent, when next we meet,May serve to better us and worse our foes.’;
Meetverb
To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.
‘They . . . appointed a day to meet together.’;
Meetverb
To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.
‘We met with many things worthy of observation.’; ‘Prepare to meet with more than brutal furyFrom the fierce prince.’;
Meetnoun
An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.
Meetadjective
Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.
‘It was meet that we should make merry.’;
Meetadverb
Meetly.
Meetnoun
a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
Meetverb
come together;
‘I'll probably see you at the meeting’; ‘How nice to see you again!’;
Meetverb
get together socially or for a specific purpose
Meetverb
be adjacent or come together;
‘The lines converge at this point’;
Meetverb
fill or meet a want or need
Meetverb
satisfy a condition or restriction;
‘Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?’;
Meetverb
satisfy or fulfill;
‘meet a need’; ‘this job doesn't match my dreams’;
Meetverb
get to know; get acquainted with;
‘I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!’; ‘we met in Singapore’;
Meetverb
collect in one place;
‘We assembled in the church basement’; ‘Let's gather in the dining room’;
Meetverb
meet by design; be present at the arrival of;
‘Can you meet me at the train station?’;
Meetverb
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
‘Princeton plays Yale this weekend’; ‘Charlie likes to play Mary’;
Meetverb
experience as a reaction;
‘My proposal met with much opposition’;
Meetverb
undergo or suffer;
‘meet a violent death’; ‘suffer a terrible fate’;
Meetverb
be in direct physical contact with; make contact;
‘The two buildings touch’; ‘Their hands touched’; ‘The wire must not contact the metal cover’; ‘The surfaces contact at this point’;
Meetadjective
being precisely fitting and right;
‘it is only meet that she should be seated first’;
