"veal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /viːl/ Audio: en-us-veal.ogg [US] Forms: veals [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|veel}} Middle English veel, {{der|en|xno|veel}} Anglo-Norman veel, {{der|en|la|vitellus}} Latin vitellus, {{m|la|vitulus||calf}} vitulus (“calf”), {{doublet|en|vitellus}} Doublet of vitellus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} veal (countable and uncountable, plural veals)
  1. The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Meats Categories (lifeform): Cattle Synonyms: calfflesh [nonstandard] Translations (flesh of a calf): لَحْم عِجْل (laḥm ʕijl) [masculine] (Arabic), телешко месо (teleško meso) (Bulgarian), vedella [feminine] (Catalan), 牛仔肉 (ngau⁴ zai² juk⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 小牛肉 (xiǎoniúròu) (Chinese Mandarin), telecí [neuter] (Czech), kalvekød [neuter] (Danish), kalfsvlees [neuter] (Dutch), bovidaĵo (Esperanto), vasikaliha (Estonian), vasikanliha (Finnish), vasikka (Finnish), veau [masculine] (French), tenreira [feminine] (Galician), vitela [feminine] (Galician), ხბოს ხორცი (xbos xorci) (Georgian), Kalbfleisch [neuter] (German), μοσχάρι (moschári) [neuter] (Greek), μοσχαράκι (moscharáki) [neuter] (Greek), עֵגֶל (alt: בְּשַׂר) [neuter] (Hebrew), borjúhús (Hungarian), kálfakjöt [neuter] (Icelandic), daging sapi muda (Indonesian), laofheoil [feminine] (Irish), vitello [masculine] (Italian), 仔牛肉 (koushiniku) (alt: こうしにく) (Japanese), 송아지 고기 (song'aji gogi) (Korean), vitulīna [feminine] (Latin), teļa gaļa [feminine] (Latvian), veršiena [feminine] (Lithuanian), Kalleffleesch [neuter] (Luxembourgish), телешко (teleško) [neuter] (Macedonian), јунешко (juneško) (english: older calf's meat) [neuter] (Macedonian), vitella [feminine] (Maltese), feill lheiy [feminine] (Manx), béégashii yáázh bitsįʼ (Navajo), vieau [masculine] (Norman), kalvekjøtt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kalvekjøt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kalvekjøtt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ċealf [neuter] (Old English), ċealfes flǣsċ [neuter] (Old English), cielęcina [feminine] (Polish), vitela [feminine] (Portuguese), carne de vițel [feminine] (Romanian), vițel [masculine] (Romanian), теля́тина (teljátina) [feminine] (Russian), feòil-laoigh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), телетина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), teletina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ternera [feminine] (Spanish), kalv (Swedish), kalvkött [neuter] (Swedish), karning-guya (Tagalog), dana eti (Turkish), теля́тина (teljátyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), smaxolamit [obsolete] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-veal-en-noun-feTw4Jip Disambiguation of Meats: 58 12 30 Disambiguation of Cattle: 69 11 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 10 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 8 7 Disambiguation of 'flesh of a calf': 90 10
  2. (slang, vulgar) The female genitalia. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
    Sense id: en-veal-en-noun-heteAvuU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: veale, veel [obsolete] Derived forms: bod veal, rose veal, try the veal, veal crate, veal-skin

Verb

IPA: /viːl/ Audio: en-us-veal.ogg [US] Forms: veals [present, singular, third-person], vealing [participle, present], vealed [participle, past], vealed [past]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|veel}} Middle English veel, {{der|en|xno|veel}} Anglo-Norman veel, {{der|en|la|vitellus}} Latin vitellus, {{m|la|vitulus||calf}} vitulus (“calf”), {{doublet|en|vitellus}} Doublet of vitellus Head templates: {{en-verb}} veal (third-person singular simple present veals, present participle vealing, simple past and past participle vealed)
  1. To raise a calf for meat production.
    Sense id: en-veal-en-verb-927adI60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: veale, veel [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xbos xorci",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
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        },
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
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        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "laofheoil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vitello"
        },
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          "alt": "こうしにく",
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          "lang": "Korean",
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          "word": "송아지 고기"
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "veršiena"
        },
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "teleško",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "телешко"
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "english": "older calf's meat",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "juneško",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "јунешко"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vitella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "feill lheiy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "word": "béégashii yáázh bitsįʼ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vieau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kalvekjøtt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kalvekjøt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ċealf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ċealfes flǣsċ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cielęcina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vitela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carne de vițel"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "teljátina",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "теля́тина"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "feòil-laoigh"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
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          "word": "телетина"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
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          "word": "teletina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ternera"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "word": "kalv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kalvkött"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "word": "karning-guya"
        },
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        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "teljátyna",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "теля́тина"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "flesh of a calf",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "smaxolamit"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, vulgar) The female genitalia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang",
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      ]
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          "text": "The division outside the vealing place is for a cow that has had or is near having calf.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1852, Thomas Mayne Reid, The Desert Home",
          "text": "It was about the size of a vealed calf, but shorter in the legs, and much longer in the body.",
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        }
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        "To raise a calf for meat production."
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    },
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    {
      "word": "veale"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
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    }
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    "veal"
  ],
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}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": (b'sar) 'égel vs. בְּשַׂר",
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

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