Oat

Word OAT
Character 3
Hyphenation oat
Pronunciations /əʊt/

Definitions and meanings of "Oat"

What do we mean by oat?

Any of various grasses of the genus Avena, especially A. sativa, widely cultivated for their edible grains. noun

The grain of any of these plants, used as food and fodder. noun

A musical pipe made of an oat straw. noun

To feed with oats; feed oats to.

A cereal plant, Avena sativa, or its seed: commonly used in the plural in a collective sense. noun

Any species of Avena. The wild oat of Europe, A. fatua, is a weed of cultivation in many places; in California, where it abounds, it is extensively utilized as hay. The animal, fly, or hygrometric oat, A. sterilis, native in Barbary, has two long, strong, much-bent awns, which twist and untwist with changes of moisture, and so become a means of locomotion. Various species are more or less available for pasture. noun

A musical pipe of oat-straw; a shepherd's pipe; hence, pastoral song. See oaten pipe, under oaten. noun

Bromus secalinus. noun

Pharus latifolius. noun

A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense. noun

A musical pipe made of oat straw. noun

A grass (Avena sterilis) much like oats, but with a long spirally twisted awn which coils and uncoils with changes of moisture, and thus gives the grains an apparently automatic motion. noun

The snow bunting; -- so called from its feeding on oats. noun

The name of several grasses more or less resembling oats, as Danthonia spicata, Danthonia sericea, and Arrhenatherum avenaceum, all common in parts of the United States. noun

To feel lively and energetic. noun

To indulge in youthful dissipation. noun

A grass (Avena fatua) much resembling oats, and by some persons supposed to be the original of cultivated oats. noun

Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa. noun

Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.

(usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.

A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.

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The word "oat" in example sentences

I put together a blend which I aptly named "Rider's Cereal Blend" which consisted of Artisanal Cereal blend base (multigrain oat bran, rye, spelt, barley, amarath and wheat germ) cacao nibs, granola, goji berries and pumpkin seeds. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The positive news about the health benefits of oat is getting more and more known amongst consumers. ❋ Steve Carper (2007)

My son, Gengis, choked on his chocolate-raisin oat meal. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The sides of your oat should be about 1/3 inch tall. ❋ Homesick Texan (2009)

His gibe at the Scots in his definition of the word oat as 'a grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people, 'was well answered by a Scot with:' And where will you find such horses or such men? ' ❋ Unknown (1969)

The oat is a hardy grain, and is suited to climates too hot and too cold either for wheat or rye. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

= -- The oat is the seed of a cereal grass, _Avena sativa_ being the species almost always cultivated. ❋ Unknown (1895)

The trees most usual on these tracts, were the box, an unnamed species of eucalyptus, and the grass chiefly of that kind, called the oat or forest grass, which grows in tufts at considerable distances from each other, and which generally affords good pasturage. ❋ Charles Sturt (1832)

I am thinking they got some word oat o 'the island what was intended ❋ Unknown (1822)

Its branches end in clusters of seeds, just as wheat does, and these seeds are called oat grains.

Egypts, Amaleks, Babells judgments ought to driue vs out, to make our calling oat of this world to Christ, & our election sure in him. ❋ Unknown (1792)

Eating a diet rich in fiber foods such as oat bran, beans, and most produce can help lower your risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and aids digestion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As I scrutinized labels looking for better food for my ailing cat, I was astonished to see ingredients such as oat bran, blueberries, sweet potatoes, cranberries, flax seed oil cheaper than fish oil, I guess, & carrots, etc. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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Here's the catch: The diet itself is made up of soy, soluble fibers such as oat, barley, legumes, egg plant and okra, and almonds perhaps for desert. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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