meaty

«meaty» in Mova's school dictionary: Full of meat or tasting of meat: «a meaty stew» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (meaty, meatier, meatiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Full of meat or tasting of meat: «a meaty stew». tree →

2) Big, thick and strong: «meaty arms». tree →

3) Full of interesting, important ideas: «a meaty book». tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life it describes food: meaty sauces, meaty dog food. In stories it describes a big, strong person or animal. In school talk, «a meaty question» is a hard, interesting one. Phrases: «meaty flavour», «a meaty bone».

examples

• The dog chewed a meaty bone. tree →
• Dad made a meaty pasta sauce. tree →
• The mushrooms had a meaty taste. tree →
• The wrestler had big meaty hands. tree →
• This is a meaty chapter with lots of facts. tree →
• Vegetarians can eat meaty-tasting burgers made from beans. tree →

note

Comparatives: meatier, meatiest. Cooked bones can splinter and hurt dogs; ask an adult before giving bones.

In the corpora

• Hedgehogs should not be given milk, which can make them ill; leave out water and meaty cat or dog food instead.
• Hedgehogs get ill from milk; a shallow dish of water or meaty cat food is safe for them.
• Cow's milk makes hedgehogs ill; give them water and meaty cat or dog food instead.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «meaty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.