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oats en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/oʊts/ (California)
(California, Southern) audio
/əʊts/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[əʊts] (California) California Vowel Shift
/æɔts/ (Australia)
/oʊts/ (Canada, General-American)
/æʊts/ (New-Zealand)
[ɛʊts] (California) California Vowel Shift

Meanings

(form-of, plural) plural of oat
form of oat
(plural, singular) A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).
- Oats are in the north corner of the farm.
- Usually oats is last in a rotation and does not get the fertilizer that other feed grains get.
(plural, singular) Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.
- Oats is a heart-healthy breakfast food.
- Oats are good for you.
(plural, singular, slang) Sexual intercourse, sexual satisfaction; semen.
- Now you been foolin’ with your oats, you been messin’ with your hay, you say, “If you take me back, baby, I’ll do it the other way.” 1975, Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me: Narrative Poetry from Black Oral Tradition, page 135:
- Must I beat the Bush while you catch the Game ; Sow your wild oates, And mind not her wild notes, Of Alack &c. […] [She] bid me fill, fill, fill Her Sack &c. But twas all in Vaine For I had spilt my graine With a Thwack, &c. a. 1707, George Farquhar, The Works of George Farquhar, published 1988, page 55:
- “[…]he’s young,” he added excusingly. “And I suppose he’s just feeling his oats a bit.” “Well he can save his damned oats up until we get into port—like any other sailor. If I catch him making those sort of passes at any woman who happens to be making a passage with us, Mister Samuals, I’ll disrate him and send him to the fo’c’sle!” 1945, Robert Close, Love me Sailor, published 1972, page 62:

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is hafrar (seeds of an oat plant) · sv havre (seeds of an oat plant) · nl haver (seeds of an oat plant) · vi yến mạch (seeds of an oat plant) · mhr шӱльӧ (seeds of an oat plant) · fr avoine (seeds of an oat plant) · sva ზჷნთხ (seeds of an oat plant) · nv taaskaal (seeds of an oat plant) · mk овес (seeds of an oat plant) · xal суль (seeds of an oat plant) · vec véna (seeds of an oat plant) · dsb wows (seeds of an oat plant) · kbd зэнтхъ (seeds of an oat plant) · gd coirce (seeds of an oat plant) · hu zab (seeds of an oat plant) · ug سۇلۇ (seeds of an oat plant) · dlm vun (seeds of an oat plant) · vo vaen (seeds of an oat plant) · krc зынтхы (seeds of an oat plant) · ru овёс (seeds of an oat plant) · xmf რჩვია (seeds of an oat plant) · lzz ალაჶი (seeds of an oat plant) · sh zob (seeds of an oat plant) · rup vromi (seeds of an oat plant) · da havregryn (seeds of an oat plant) · tr yulaf (seeds of an oat plant) · es avena (seeds of an oat plant) · gl avea (seeds of an oat plant) · os зӕтхӕ (seeds of an oat plant) · ady зэнтхъ (seeds of an oat plant) · yol oathès (seeds of an oat plant) · alt сула (seeds of an oat plant) · cv сӗлӗ (seeds of an oat plant) · af hawer (seeds of an oat plant) · wa avoenne (seeds of an oat plant) · cy ceirch (seeds of an oat plant) · hy վարսակ (seeds of an oat plant) · km អាវ័ន (seeds of an oat plant) · ga coirce (seeds of an oat plant) · nog сулы (seeds of an oat plant) · ce сула (seeds of an oat plant) · gl balloca (seeds of an oat plant) · kk сұлы (seeds of an oat plant) · fur vene (seeds of an oat plant) · yi האָבער (seeds of an oat plant) · fi kauransiemen (seeds of an oat plant) · os сысджы (seeds of an oat plant) · inh сул (seeds of an oat plant) · fi kaura (seeds of an oat plant) · eo aveno (seeds of an oat plant) · gl nocella (seeds of an oat plant) · el βρώμη (seeds of an oat plant) · ar شُوفَان (seeds of an oat plant) · gv sheel (seeds of an oat plant) · ba һоло (seeds of an oat plant) · nn havre (seeds of an oat plant) · ca civada (seeds of an oat plant) · oc civada (seeds of an oat plant) · pl owies (seeds of an oat plant) · mn овъёос (seeds of an oat plant) · nb havre (seeds of an oat plant) · cs oves (seeds of an oat plant) · it avena (seeds of an oat plant) · vo zab (seeds of an oat plant) · ka შვრია (seeds of an oat plant) · rup uvedz (seeds of an oat plant) · inh кен (seeds of an oat plant) · izh kagra (seeds of an oat plant) · ro ovăz (seeds of an oat plant) · bbl შვრივ (seeds of an oat plant) · ce кена (seeds of an oat plant) · grc βρόμος (seeds of an oat plant) · fr flocon d'avoine (seeds of an oat plant) · tt солы (seeds of an oat plant) · de Hafer (seeds of an oat plant) · csb óws (seeds of an oat plant) · la avēna (seeds of an oat plant) · ta காடைக்கண்ணி (seeds of an oat plant) · pt aveia (seeds of an oat plant) · av ниха (seeds of an oat plant) · cmn 燕麥 /燕麦 (seeds of an oat plant) · yue 燕麥 /燕麦 (seeds of an oat plant) · kbd авос (seeds of an oat plant)

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