oat

[ oht ]

/ oʊt /

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noun

a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.

Usually oats. (used with a singular or plural verb) the seed of this plant, used as a food for humans and animals.

any of several plants of the same genus, as the wild oat.

Archaic. a musical pipe made of an oat straw.

Idioms for oat

feel one's oats, Informal.

to feel frisky or lively.
to be aware of and use one's importance or power.

sow one's wild oats. wild oat(def 3).

Origin of oat

before 900; Middle English ote, Old English āte

OTHER WORDS FROM oat

oat·like, adjective

Words nearby oat

oas, oasis, oast, oast-house, oastler, oat, oat cell, oat cell carcinoma, oat grass, oatcake, oaten

Example sentences from the Web for oats

Oatmeal is made with extra-thick-cut Snoqualmie Falls oats, which pack a deep-roasted flavor.

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In their unadulterated form, oats are pretty much free of simple sugars.

Your Health Food’s Hidden Sugar Bomb |Michael Schulson |July 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Call them Trojan horse foods: nutritiously pleasing ingredients (oats, yogurts) that conceal a whole host of junk.

Your Health Food’s Hidden Sugar Bomb |Michael Schulson |July 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Stir in the oats, nuts, coconut, and the flour mixture, do not overmix.

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In sum, many Chinese leaders, businessmen and youth are feeling their oats.

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I reckon she was feelin' her oats, visitin' at the Senator's house.

Partners of Chance |Henry Herbert Knibbs
The devil ran in the morning to the oats-field, but the oats were all cut down.

Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales |Leo Tolstoy
Ranks fourth in wheat and barley, sixth in hay, eighth in oats.

Alden's Handy Atlas of the World |John B. Alden
Wheat is the chief grain crop, but large quantities of barley and oats are also grown.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 |Various
The farmer caught up a huge flail with which he was wont to thresh out his oats.

Hunted and Harried |R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for oats

oat

/ (əʊt) /

noun

an erect annual grass, Avena sativa, grown in temperate regions for its edible seed

(usually plural) the seeds or fruits of this grass

any of various other grasses of the genus Avena, such as the wild oat

poetic a flute made from an oat straw

feel one's oats US and Canadian informal

to feel exuberant
to feel self-important

get one's oats slang to have sexual intercourse

sow one's oats or sow one's wild oats to indulge in adventure or promiscuity during youth

Word Origin for oat

Old English āte, of obscure origin

Idioms and Phrases with oats

oats

see feel one's oats; sow one's wild oats.

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