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Meaning of 'neat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Neat [ a.]
- Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.
- Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
- Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy.
- Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
- With all deductions or allowances made; net. [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3.]
2 . Neat [ n.]
- Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.
3 . Neat [ n. sing. & pl.]
- Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.

Meaning of 'neat' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . neat [ s]
Meaning (1):
- free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
Example in sentence:
  • a clean throw;
  • he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek;
  • the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife
Meaning (2):
- clean or organized
Example in sentence:
  • a neat room;
  • her neat dress
Meaning (3):
- very good
Example in sentence:
  • a neat sports car;
  • had a great time at the party;
  • he did a bully job;
  • we had a grand old time;
  • you look simply smashing
Meaning (4):
- superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject
Example in sentence:
  • a slick advertising campaign;
  • it was a neat plan, but bound to fail;
  • too facile a solution for so complex a problem
Meaning (5):
- showing care in execution
Example in sentence:
  • neat handwriting;
  • neat homework
Meaning (6):
- (of an alcoholic drink) without water
Example in sentence:
  • took his whiskey neat

Nearby Words:

neaf neal neap neaped neapolitan near near-legged nearctic neared nearhand

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