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Meat Dream Meaning

Dream interpretation from 28 unique sources about Meat

To see raw meat in your dream refers to solid basics and highly nourishing elements. To see cooked meat in your dream may suggest that you will see others obtain the object for which you have been striving. To dream that you are eating meat signifies that you are getting to the heart of the matter. Consider also whether you have been chewing over a meaty or substantial piece of information in your waking life.

If beef figured in your dream, are you in a stew, or troubled by something? Alternatively, if you carved the meat, even though you may be a vegetarian, could you be yearning to savor the sins of the flesh?

And if you relished the taste of a dream curry, do you long to spice up your life?

Meat and potatoes in your dream suggest a preference for the basics or bare essentials of an issue. Meatballs indicate irrationality or the times when you lose your reason. A meat loaf represents the combining of basic ideas or elements. A meat packing house illustrates the quality of the fundamental concepts or basic ideas that you have digested. Recall the condition of the factory; was it clean, or were there rodents and bugs? Consider also the type of meat you eat.

If you are eating dream beef this may warn you against the ready acceptance of new (raw) ideas. Chicken points to a lack of faith or confidence in oneself.

If you are eating lamb, do you long for spiritual sustenance? To dream that you are eating ham signifies over-emotionalism, dramatics and theatrics. [1]

Meat is a staple of most protein-based diets. Its symbolic meaning connects to sustenance at a fundamental level.

If you have a dream that features meat in it, there is something that needs to be fed in order to be strengthened; this could be an idea, a project, or a new direction in your life.

The state of the meat in your dream has significance. Raw meat indicates that there is still some work to be done in order to strengthen your objectives. Meat that is rotten means an opportunity may have passed you by.

If you have a waking-life relationship with meat that generates strong feelings against the eating of it, this personal association must be considered as an interpretation. [2]

To dream of meat as such, is a fortunate omen for business affairs; a dream of buying meat suggests an auspicious time for a risk or even a gamble; cutting meat in a dream indicates a coming increase in material wealth, possibly a legacy or inheritance.

Cooking meat predicts a change of circumstances; throwing meat away is a warning against extrava gance, unless it was spoiled, in which case it indicates a lucky escape from a potential danger or obstacle.

See also: under Beef, Veal, Fork, Bacon, Sausage(s), Lamb, Barbecue, etc. [3]

To dream of raw meat implies that you will face numerous hardships while pursuing your objectives. It may also represent your basic feelings and wild behavior.

To see cooked meat in you dream indicates that someone else will attain the goal or achievement that you have been pursuing.

To dream that you are eating meat suggests that you are tackling an issue directly.

To see rotten meat in your dream implies humiliation and shame. It may indicate an upcoming illness. [4]

See also: Sausage, Physical, usually sexual, energies.

A frequent image when you force yourself to follow a vegetarian eating style before you’re ready for it.

Raw meat points to raw physical power, passion, and creative power. Cooked meat points to addiction to pleasure. Rejecting meat indicates chastity.

According to the Indian tradition Jaddeva, lust for power, or the desire to have many offspring. [5]

Dreams of meat, if you are not a vegetarian signify your desire and ability to nurture and provide for your well-being in this material world.

If you are a vegetarian, then dreaming of eating meat signifies a desire to fulfill a neglected longing, or you could be venting out guilt or shame. Also meat denotes substance and a desire to get to the meat of the situation.

See also: Food, Protein. [6]

Vision: Seeing or eating meat points to erotic cravings and material gluttony. Eating the flesh of another person: you are shunned by society. Rotten meat means bad luck. Throwing meat to a dog: somebody dislikes you.

Depth Psychology: Meat often points to your likes and dislikes. It also deals with your material, physical (including sexual) needs. [7]

It is a symbol of passion and force that has different meanings depending on the culture or religion to which you belong. The condition of the meat and the action of eating or rejecting it will be crucial for the correct interpretation of the dream. It can be both positive and negative. [8]
Physical or worldly satisfaction or needs are shown often in dreams as meat. At one time raw meat supposedly signified impending misfortune, although today it is more likely to represent the need to make sure we are fully prepared for impending activities. [9]
(See also: Cow, Eating)

Needing more hearty mental and spiritual sustenance in your life, instead of living on milky concepts alone.

An omen of improved finances, or an abundance of personal energy, especially if the meat is being consumed. [10]

For a woman to dream of raw meat, denotes that she will meet with much discouragement in accomplishing her aims.

If she sees cooked meat, it denotes that others will obtain the object for which she will strive.

See also: Beef. [11]

Eating meat shows a need for nourishment; this could be in a physical sense, or on an emotional or spiritual level. Also associated with money, it can indicate a cash windfall or that you need to get your finances in order. [12]
To see raw meat in your dream symbolizes that there will be many obstacles in achieving your goals.

If you dream of cooked meat, this symbolizes that you will see others obtain the object that you have been striving for. [13]

Eating meat sometimes indicates that one is getting to the heart of the matter or finally getting down to the “meat of an issue.” Meat can also represent a bold and hearty grasp of the dreamer’s needs. [14]
Cutting into a piece of meat in a dream may comment that you are cutting into the meat of the matter or the situation at hand. Thus, meat signifies content that is rich in meaning and has substance. [15]
A dream of eating meat that is well cooked and of good flavor is a good omen, but if the meat is raw or tainted, it predicts illness of a serious nature». [16]
It is not considered fortunate to eat Meat in your dream; though it is all right if you cook it for other people. [17]
Getting to the root of a problem or you may need to eat meat to stay grounded depending on the dream. [18]
To dream you see the meat you nave already eaten, signifies loss and damage to the dreamer. [19]
1. Food, good/evil;

2. Solid Bible teaching; John 6:27 [20]

Symbolic of great spiritual truths, 1 Cor. 3:2 [21]
Food of knowledge and wisdom; see “food” [22]
Physical or worldly satisfaction or needs. [23]
(Flesh, Knowledge, Money, Substance, Wealth) Cooked meat in a dream means money. Eating raw meat in a dream means illness and pain. Eating raw meat in a dream also may mean benefits. Seeing raw meat and not eating from it in a dream could have adverse meaning. Eating cooked meat in a dream means increase in one’s wealth. Eating a meat dish with an old man in a dream means becoming renowned, or entering the inner circle of a governor. Buying meat from the butcher in a dream means adversities. Tender meat in a dream mean death or backbiting. Eating the flesh of a human being in a dream means backbiting him. Eating one’s own flesh in a dream means earning money from one’s own sweat.

If a woman eats the flesh of another woman in a dream, it means that they are lesbians. Ifa woman eats her own flesh in a dream, it means that she will commit adultery.

The meat of a yellow cow in a dream means illness.

The cooked meat of a snake in a dream means receivingmoney from one’s enemy.

The uncooked flesh of a snake in a dream means slanderi-ig one’s enemy.

The meat of a lion in a dream means receiving money from a ruler and the same goes for the flesh of all predatory animals or birds. Hog or swine’s meat in a dream means unlawful money. Eating sausages or dried meat in a dream means speaking ill of deceased people. Camel’s meat in a dream means earning money from a rich and a powerful enemy unless if the one seeing it does not touch it in his dream. However, touching camel’s meat in a dream means suffering from such a strong person. Eating it cooked in a dream means defrauding someone, then falling sick and recovering from one’s illness.

It is also said that eating camel’s meat in a dream means earning money from a ruler. Beef in a dream means hardships, toiling and lack of work. Holding a mutton inside one’s house in a dream means meeting with a new person, accepting an invitation, or inviting a person one has never met or known to share a meal. Seeing a whole skinned but uncut mutton inside one’s house in a dream means a sudden adversity, loss, calamity, or death.

If the mutton is fat, it means that one may receive an inheritance from a will which is left by a deceased relative.

If it is skinny, it means that one will inherit nothing from him. Eating broiled beef in a dream means standing before a judge or a ruler. Eating a chicken in a dream means receiving benefits from a woman. Meat in a dream also means forbearance and patience for someone who is hot tempered, or who gets angry easily. Eating meat in a dream also could mean recovering from an illness, an end to one’s distress, trouble and adversities. Eating the meat of an unlawful animal in a dream means receiving unlawful money. Eating a suspicious meat in a dream means earning suspicious money, or having an illegitimate marriage. Eating fowls’ meat in a dream means profits for a traveller. Eating a fish in a dream means easy, lawful and enjoyable earnings. Cooked or broiled fowl meat in a dream means profits and money earned from a woman through deception and dishonesty.

If it is uncooked in the dream, then it means backbiting or slandering a woman. Eating the meat of an unlawful bird in a dream means deceiving, defrauding, or stealing money from unjust people. Eating swan’s meat in a dream means benefits drawn from pious and religious people. Eating fired or broiled chicks in a dream means hard earned money. Unknown meat in a dream represents the hidden treasures of past nations, or buried treasures.

(See also: Butcher, Flesh, Mutton, Pot) [27]

lucky numbers: 17-21-24-26-36-48

bones taken from: wil be busy with projects for a long time; give what’s left to others.

breaking bones of: wil have al kinds of losses beyond what you have to lose.

butchering raw: a friend would like to become a lover.

buying: wil gain money in gambling on a wise stock.

carving cooked: must join forces with a rival on your ambitious quest and share success.

cooking, for yourself: minor difference of opinion over unrequited love.

but not being allowed to eat: your “daily bread” is always provided.

others: a bold and hearty grasp of your needs in love affairs.

eating beef: wil have an easy life like the carnivorous mammal you are.

boiled: melancholy from disagreements leads you to overanalyze your problems.

broiled: are getting to the heart of the matter, one side at a time.

fried: wil be paid wel to kil someone’s spirit; others wil be the spoils.

raw: wil receive discouraging news of the death of a friend.

roasted: wil receive God’s blessings and affection from a friend.

rotten: your luck has turned on you and left you at risk.

sausage: are in a combative mood toward your career.

veal: wil cheat someone, when they unexpectedly change plans on you.

frozen: falsehood and deception frozen out of your consciousness.

throwing, to a dog: danger is very close to you; who has it in for you? [28]

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What does MEAT mean in a dream?


Eating meat sometimes indicates that one is getting to the heart of the matter or finally getting down to the “meat of an issue.” Meat can also represent a bold...

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If a person dreams that he has purchased meat from the butcher who delivers it to his house it means he will experience ailment in that portion of his body...

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Eating swan’s meat in a dream means benefits drawn from pious and religious people.(Also see Dusk, Meat)

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Eating raw meat of goat or striking someone with such meat means he will slander someone or speak ill behind his back.

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The nourishing word of god for the immature until they can digest meat; see “food” and “meat”

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One who is satisfied with the elementary, but does not desire to eat the meat of more mature teachings; see “meat”

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Maturing from elementary teaching unto the meat of the word; see “milk” and “meat”

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The one who eats the meat will receive riches from some authority or a powerful person.

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Hearty nutrition, substantial food, and the need for meat (real meat or flesh).Symbolizes carnal thought; also a symbol for impurity.See Pig. Are you afraid of getting sick? Folklore: Bad omen.

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If a person sees himself as slaughtering an ewe for its meat, it is a glad tiding that he will receive some benefit from a woman.

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Eating dog meat means he will over power his enemy as well as acquire assets form him.

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If a person sees himself roasting meat on fire, it implies that he will safeguard himself against backbiting.

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Symbolic of the need for diligence and preparation. Someone eating raw meat is symbolic of laziness, Prov. 12:27

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(Meat, Sheep) To see a slaughtered and skinned sheep hanging in one’s house in a dream means death in such a house. Herding sheep in a dream means presiding over...

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Be very cautious about signing any documents if your dream featured a butcher or a meat market If the dream involved killing animals or slicing meat, a medical checkup is...

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If a person sees himself slaughtering a working-ox (meant for ploughing), and distributing its meat it means he will dies soon. But if it is not a working-ox he will...

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Eating roasted meat means that the observer of the dram will be given meager livelihood and will face much hardships an anxiety for, roasting is called shayyun in Arabic meaning...

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(see Eating, Meat)Meats, in general, indicate prosperity. In earlier times, meat was an expensive commodity, so anyone who ate it regularly was believed to be wealthy.Possibly providing for one’s family...

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(Grilled meat, Restaurant) To buy roasted or grilled meat from a restaurant in a dream means enrolling one’s children in a school and entrusting them to a good teacher to...

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In a dream, a lobster represents a strong and a perfidious person who is untouchable, difficult to deal with and who is difficult to associate with, or who requires delicate...

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(Hash) Mincemeat in a dream represents what follows in the food preparation process. First it is minced, then mixed with other ingredients, where its identity changes, then it becomes a...

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In a dream, a calf represents a newborn son.A broiled calf meat in a dream means appeasement of one’s fears or glad tidings of a firstborn son, or it could...

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Symbolic of being dragged off against your will, Amos 4:2

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See under Fruit, Meat, Food, Eggs, etc.

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It represents the belongings of the one who sees the dream.

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Unprepared, i.E. Steak is for the spiritually mature , but is of no use while raw or frozen; see “meat”

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Mature words that come from a young person; see “meat”

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(Sopphism, Tribadism.See Hone, Meat, Sexual intercourse)

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1. Overindulgences, possible extremes of behavior, usually sex­ual in nature.2. The substance, fabric or “meat” of a problem.

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The meaning contained in a dream of eating or serving pie depends entirely on the contents of the pie.See Fraif.Meat, Chickens, Nut(s)f Chocolate, etc.; also 2?a£e.

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Tg dream of Vomiting, whether of blood, meat or phlegm, signifies to the poor, profit; to the rich, hurt.

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Help in the midst of a differential situation, i.E. Tutoring received in addition to school; the “meat” between one’s daily bread; see “food”

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See Meat. Phallic symbol, specifically the sausage in the hand of the Fool.

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Worthless and offensive, whether a spoiled person or piece of meat; see “smell”

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In the above case if he sees himself as eating the meat of the animal it means he will usurp his wealth.

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To dream you are in the shambles purchasing butchers' meat, is a token that you will hear of the death of one whom you highly esteemed.

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1. A usually good omen for wealth and happiness (except for vegetarians if it is roasted meat).2. Domestic difficulties in the offing.3. Feelings of worry, sadness, possibly loss, grief.

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The fat, meat, skin, milk, wool and droppings of sheep symbolise wealth and booty for a person if he sees himself as acquiring any of them.

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(Hareesa) (dish made from mashed grains) whoever sees himself eating hareesa with sheep meat [in it], then that indicates the acquiring of blessing and meeting of needs.

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The meaning of this dream depends on the cir- cumstances.If you were carving for others, you can expect someone else to get the lion’s share of profits from your current...

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Dreams of a low-carb diet are about deprivation, imbalance, cutting out the fluff, and sacrificing all that is sweet in life. You feel the need to focus on the meat...

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Meat bones signify business reverses; human bones indicate a coming inheritance; fish bones sug- gest a medical checkup.

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