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oat  (t)
n.
1. often oats (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. Any of various grasses of the genus Avena, especially A. sativa, widely cultivated for their edible grains.
b. The grain of any of these plants, used as food and fodder.
2. A musical pipe made of an oat straw.

[Middle English ote, from Old English te.]
Translations
oats [əʊts] NPLavena fsing
to be off one's oatsestar desganado, haber perdido el apetito
to get one's oats (Brit) → echarse polvos(con regularidad)
see also wild A1.2

oats [ˈəʊts] navoine f
to sow one's wild oats → faire les quatre cents coups

oats [ˈəʊts] nplavena
oats [ˈəʊts] nplavena

oats
n pl or sg oats [əuts]
a type of cereal plant or its grain (seeds) a field of oats; Horses eat oats. hawer, hawermeel شوفان овес oves havre; havre- der Hafer βρόμη avena kaer جو دوسر kaura avoine שִׁיבּוֹלֶת-שׁוּעָל जई zob zab gandum hafrar avena オート麦 귀리 avižos auzas pokok oat haver havre owies aveia ovăz овёс ovos oves ovas havre ข้าวโอ๊ต yulaf 燕麥 овес جو yến mạch

oats شوفان oves havre Haferflocken βρώμη copos de avena, hojuelas de avena kaura avoine zob avena オート麦 귀리 haver havre owies aveia овес havregryn ข้าวโอ๊ต yulaf yến mạch 燕麦


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I had of course long been used to a halter and a headstall, and to be led about in the fields and lanes quietly, but now I was to have a bit and bridle; my master gave me some oats as usual, and after a good deal of coaxing he got the bit into my mouth, and the bridle fixed, but it was a nasty thing
But a real horse is alive, and trots and prances and eats oats, while this is nothing more than a dead horse, made of wood, and used to saw logs upon.
I was about to speak further, when I observed the wild oats near the place of the disturbance moving in the most inexplicable way.
 
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