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Definition of oats noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

oats

noun
 
/əʊts/
 
/əʊts/
[plural]Idioms
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  1. grain grown in cool countries as food for animals and for making flour, porridge, etc. see also oatTopics Farmingc2, Foodc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • whole
    • rolled
    • porridge
    … of oats
    • field
    verb + oats
    • grow
    • sow
    • harvest
    oats + verb
    • grow
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Idioms
sow (your) wild oats
  1. (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.
See oats in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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