- grain grown in cool countries as food for animals and for making flour, porridge, etc. see also oatTopics Farmingc2, Foodc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- whole
- rolled
- porridge
- …
- field
- grow
- sow
- harvest
- …
- grow
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See oats in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarysow (your) wild oats
- (of young men) to go through a period of wild behaviour while young, especially having a lot of romantic or sexual relationships
- He wants to leave home, sow his wild oats and learn about life.
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