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Definition meal
Etymology 1
From Middle English mel, from Old English m?l (“measure, time, occasion, set time, time for eating, meal”), from Proto-Germanic *m?l?, from Proto-Indo-European *meh?- (“to measure”). Cognate with West Frisian miel, Dutch maal (“meal, time, occurrence”), German Mal (“time”), Mahl (“meal”), Swedish mål (“meal”); and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek ?????? (métron, “measure”), Latin mensus, Russian ????? (méra, “measure”), Lithuanian m?tas. Related to Old English m?þ (“measure, degree, proportion”).
Noun
meal (plural meals)
- Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
- Food served or eaten as a repast.
- (obsolete) A time or an occasion.
Etymology 2
From Middle English mele, from Old English melu (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Germanic *melw? (“meal, flour”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind, mill”). Cognate with West Frisian moal, Dutch meel, German Mehl, Albanian miell, Proto-Slavic *melvo (“grain to be ground”) (Bulgarian ????? (mlivo)), Dutch malen (“to grind”), German mahlen (“to grind”), Old Irish melim (“I grind”), Latin mol? (“I grind”), Tocharian A/B malywët (“you press”)/melye (“they tread on”), Lithuanian málti, Old Church Slavonic ????? (ml?ti), Ancient Greek ???? (múl?, “mill”). More at mill.
Noun
meal (countable and uncountable, plural meals)
- The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.
Verb
meal (third-person singular simple present meals, present participle mealing, simple past and past participle mealed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To yield or be plentiful in meal.
Etymology 3
Variation of mole (compare Scots mail), from Middle English mole, mool, from Old English m?l, m?l (“spot, mark, blemish”), from Proto-Germanic *mail? (“wrinkle, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to soil”). More at mole.
Noun
meal (plural meals)
Verb
meal (third-person singular simple present meals, present participle mealing, simple past and past participle mealed)
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