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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
neat
    adj 1: clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room" [syn:
           neat, orderly]
    2: showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat
       handwriting"
    3: free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a
       neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
       [syn: neat, refined, tasteful]
    4: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he
       landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean
       throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife" [syn:
       clean, neat]
    5: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a
       great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn:
       bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great,
       groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy,
       slap-up, swell, smashing]
    6: without water; "took his whiskey neat" [syn: neat,
       straight, full-strength]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Neat \Neat\ (n[=e]t), n. sing. & pl. [AS. ne['a]t; akin to OHG.
   n[=o]z, Icel. naut, Sw. n["o]t, Dan. n["o]d, and to AS.
   ne['o]tan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have
   a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit.] (Zool.)
   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. --Chaucer.
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         Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat.
                                                  --Spenser.
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         The steer, the heifer, and the calf
         Are all called neat.                     --Shak.
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         A neat and a sheep of his own.           --Tusser.
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   Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat
      cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Neat \Neat\, a. [See neat, n.]
   Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that
   genus; as, neat cattle.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Neat \Neat\, a. [Compar. Neater; superl. Neatest.] [OE.
   nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf.
   Nitid, Net, a., Natty.]
   1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean;
      cleanly; tidy.
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            If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor
            body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.
                                                  --Law.
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   2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry;
      simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful;
      chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.
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   3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as,
      neat brandy; to drink one's vodka neat. Hence: (Chem.)
      Pure; undiluted; as, dissolved in neat acetone. "Our old
      wine neat." --Chapman.
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   4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice;
      finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.
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   5. With all deductions or allowances made; net.

   Note: [In this sense usually written net. See Net, a.,
         3.]
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   neat line (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be
      built or formed.

   Neat work, work built or formed to neat lines.
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   Syn: Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce.
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5. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
NEAT
       New Enhanced Advanced Technology (AT)
       

6. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
NEAT
       Novell Easy Administration Tool (Novell, Netware)
       

7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
NEAT or NET, contracts. The exact weight of an article, without the bag, 
box, keg, or other thing in which it may be enveloped. 



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