n.
Pronunciation: ' ō t
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: Middle English ote, from Old English ā te
Date: before 12th century
1 a : any of several grasses (genus Avena ) especially : a widely cultivated cereal grass ( A. sativa ) b : a crop or plot of the oat also : the seed of an oat ― usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction
2 archaic : a reed instrument made of an oat straw
– feel one's oats : to act in a newly self-confident and often self-important manner
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