adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or containing meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
meaty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmiːti/
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CMU ARPABET: M IY1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Resembling meat in flavour, smell, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This tastes rather meaty. Are you sure it's vegetarian?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a person or a body part, large and solid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Substantial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I got a nice, meaty bonus.
- He scored a meaty role in the film, with plenty of action and dialogue.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
like or containing meat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- enough of vegetarianism; let's have a meaty meal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: meatless
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
being on topic and prompting thought
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a meaty discussion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: substantive
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh2d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English meaty From meat + -y.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لَحْمِيّ (laḥmiyy) — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Belarusian: мясны́ (mjasný) — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Bulgarian: ме́сен (mésen) — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Bulgarian: от месо́ (ot mesó) — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Czech: masitý — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Czech: masný — of, relating to, or containing meat
- French: de viande — of, relating to, or containing meat
- German: fleischig — of, relating to, or containing meat
- German: fleischartig — of, relating to, or containing meat
- German: Fleisch- — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Hungarian: húsos — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Ingrian: lihakas — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Kumyk: этли (etli) — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Latin: carnālis — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Macedonian: ме́сен (mésen) — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Polish: mięsny — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Russian: мясно́й (mjasnój) — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Serbo-Croatian: ме́снӣ — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Serbo-Croatian: mésnī — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Slovak: mäsitý — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Slovene: mesen — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Spanish: cárnico — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Spanish: carnoso — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Spanish: carnudo — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Ukrainian: м'ясни́й (mʺjasnýj) — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Volapük: mitik — of, relating to, or containing meat
- Yiddish: פֿליישיק (fleyshik) — of, relating to, or containing meat