- oats
- See: FEEL ONE'S OATS, SOW ONE'S WILD OATS.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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OATS — Open Source Assistive Technology Software is a source code repository or forge for assistive technology software. It was launched in 2006 [1] with the goal to provide a one stop “shop” for end users, clinicians and open source developers to… … Wikipedia
oats — [əuts US outs] n [plural] [: Old English; Origin: ate (singular)] the grain from which flour or oatmeal is made and that is used in cooking, or in food for animals →sow your wild oats at ↑sow1 (3) … Dictionary of contemporary English
oats — [ outs ] noun plural a type of grain that people and animals eat feel your oats OLD FASHIONED to be full of energy => SOW1 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Oats — (engl., spr. ōts), der Hafer … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Oats — (engl., spr. ohts), Hafer … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Oats — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oats — Hardy cereal plant (Avena sativa), cultivated in temperate regions, that is able to live in poor soil. The edible starchy grain is used primarily as livestock feed, but is also processed into rolled oats and oat flour for human consumption. High… … Universalium
oats — [[t]o͟ʊts[/t]] (The form oat is used as a modifier.) 1) N PLURAL Oats are a cereal crop or its grains, used for making biscuits or a food called porridge, or for feeding animals. Oats provide good, nutritious food for horses. ...oat bran. 2)… … English dictionary
oats — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ whole ▪ rolled ▪ porridge (esp. BrE) … OF OATS ▪ field VERB + OATS … Collocations dictionary
oats — noun (plural) 1 a grain that is eaten by people and animals 2 oatmeal 3 feel your oats informal to feel full of energy 4 get your oats BrE informal to have sex regularly 5 be off your oats BrE informal to have lost the desire to eat … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
oats — Noun. 1. Sperm, with regard to being seeds. Used in phrases such as sow one s oats, which essentially alludes to procreation but at its most basic to having to sexual intercourse. 2. Sex. The informal phrase get ones oats meaning to have sex. E.g … English slang and colloquialisms
