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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/#m1)

2) Big, thick and strong: «meaty arms». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/#m2)

3) Full of interesting, important ideas: «a meaty book». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/#x1)
- Dad made a meaty pasta sauce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/#x2)
- The mushrooms had a meaty taste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/#x3)
- The wrestler had big meaty hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/#x4)
- This is a meaty chapter with lots of facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/#x5)
- Vegetarians can eat meaty-tasting burgers made from beans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/16/)
- [Hedgehogs get ill from milk; a shallow dish of water or meaty cat food is safe for them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/17/)
- [Cow's milk makes hedgehogs ill; give them water and meaty cat or dog food instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/7-pets-and-farm-animals/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «meaty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meaty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.