American Sign Language: meat, steak, flesh, content


MEAT:


Grab the fleshy part of your left hand with the index finger and thumb of your right hand. The left hand doesn't move.  The right hand wiggles a bit as if getting a good grip on the meat.  This sign means "meat" in general, but in context it can be used for "steak" or "flesh."  This is also a fairly common sign for "content."
 


Sample sentence: Do you like meat?


 

 


Related sign: BEEF
Related sign: COW

Discussion:  On rare occasions you may see MEAT used to mean "context" however I recommend you use one of the more current / depictive signs for context.  See CONTEXT.



 
Notes:

 

Also glossed as: MEAT-[steak, beef, flesh, content]

Where this sign is taught:

Taught in Lesson 27.
Reviewed in lessons: 31, 33

Practice sentences using this sign:

YOU LIKE MEAT?
SUPPOSE YOU RESTAURANT, YOU ORDER BIRD, MEAT, FISH, WHICH?
THIS CLASS, STUDENT WON'T EAT MEAT WHO?

Related signs:

BREAD | BUTTER | CABINET | CAKE | COFFEE | DELICIOUS | DOZEN | FEED