meat poison

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• poison — poi|son1 [ˈpɔızən] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: drink, poisonous drink, poison , from Latin potio; POTION] 1.) [U and C] a substance that can cause death or serious illness if you eat it, drink it etc ▪ Belladonna and red arsenic are …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• meat — ► NOUN 1) the flesh of an animal as food. 2) the main substance or chief part: let s get to the meat of the matter. ● easy meat Cf. ↑easy meat ● one man s meat is another man s poison Cf. ↑one man s meat is another man s …   English terms dictionary

• meat — W3S2 [mi:t] n [: Old English; Origin: mete food ] 1.) [U and C] the flesh of animals and birds eaten as food ▪ I gave up eating meat a few months ago. ▪ raw meat ▪ a meat pie ▪ a selection of cold meats red meat (=a …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• meat — [ mit ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the flesh of an animal or bird eaten as food a ) count a particular type of meat: You can choose from a selection of meats. 2. ) uncount INFORMAL interesting or important parts of something such as a book, movie, or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• poison — poisoner, n. poisonless, adj. poisonlessness, n. /poy zeuhn/, n. 1. a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health. 2. something harmful or pernicious, as to happiness or well being: the poison of slander. 3.… …   Universalium

• poison — 1 noun 1 (C, U) a substance that can cause death or serious illness if you eat it, drink it etc: These fruits contain a deadly poison. | Joanna committed suicide by swallowing poison. 2 (C, U) something such as an emotion or idea that makes you… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• meat */*/*/ — UK [miːt] / US [mɪt] noun Word forms meat : singular meat plural meats Talking or writing about meat: beef the meat of a cow pork the meat of a pig chicken the meat of a hen turkey the meat of a turkey lamb the meat of a young sheep mutton the… …   English dictionary

• meat — /mi:t/ noun 1 (U) the flesh of animals and birds eaten as food: I gave up eating meat a few months ago. | meat pie 2 (C) a type of meat: a selection of cold meats 3 (U) something that is interesting or important in a talk, book etc: The lecture… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• meat — see meat and mass never hindered man one man’s meat is another man’s poison you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones God never sends mouths but He sends meat God sends meat, but the devil sends cooks …   Proverbs new dictionary

• meat — [OE] Etymologically, meat is a ‘portion of food measured out’. The word’s ultimate source is Indo European *mat , *met ‘measure’, which also lies behind English measure. This produced a prehistoric Germanic *matiz, which by the time it passed… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• meat — [OE] Etymologically, meat is a ‘portion of food measured out’. The word’s ultimate source is Indo European *mat , *met ‘measure’, which also lies behind English measure. This produced a prehistoric Germanic *matiz, which by the time it passed… …   Word origins