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eat
[eet]
verb (used with object)
to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode.
The patient was eaten by disease and pain.
to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion.
to ravage or devastate.
a forest eaten by fire.
to use up, especially wastefully; consume (often followed byup ).
Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings.
to absorb or pay for.
The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs.
Slang: Vulgar.Ģżto perform cunnilingus or fellatio on.
verb (used without object)
to consume food; take a meal.
We'll eat at six o'clock.
to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion.
Acid ate through the linoleum.
noun
Informal.Ģżeats, food.
verb phrase
to destroy gradually, as by erosion.
For eons, the pounding waves ate away at the shoreline.
to consume wholly.
to show enthusiasm for; take pleasure in.
The audience ate up everything he said.
to believe without question.
to have a meal at a restaurant rather than at home.
eat
1/ ¾±Ė³Ł /
verb
to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing
(tr; often foll by away or up) to destroy as if by eating
the damp had eaten away the woodwork
(often foll by into) to use up or waste
taxes ate into his inheritance
to make (a hole, passage, etc) by eating or gnawing
rats ate through the floor
to take or have (a meal or meals)
we always eat at six
(tr) to include as part of one's diet
he doesn't eat fish
informalĢż(tr) to cause to worry; make anxious
what's eating you?
slangĢż(tr) to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon
informalĢżI will be greatly surprised if (something happens that proves me wrong)
to brood or pine with grief or longing
to take back something said; recant; retract
to be entirely obedient to someone
to ruin someone, esp one's parent or one's host, by consuming all his food
EAT
2abbreviation
Tanzania (international car registration)
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- eater noun
- outeat verb (used with object)
- undereat verb (used without object)
- Ė±š²¹³Ł±š°ł noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of eat1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of eat1
Origin of eat2
Idioms and Phrases
be eating someone, to worry, annoy, or bother.
Something seems to be eating himāhe's been wearing a frown all day.
eat one's words. word.
eat one's heart out. heart.
eat someone's lunch, to thoroughly defeat, outdo, injure, etc.
eat in, to eat or dine at home.
eat someone out of house and home, to eat so much as to strain someone's resources of food or money.
A group of hungry teenagers can eat you out of house and home.
eat one's terms. term.
eat crow. crow.
eat the wind out of, to blanket (a sailing vessel sailing close-hauled) by sailing close on the weather side of.
eat humble pie. humble pie.
eat out of one's hand. hand.
eat clean. clean.
eat high off the hog. hog.
Example Sentences
No messages means no movement, no functioning, in systems including eating and breathing.
She hypothesized that the issue was compounded by the fact that many people were not going in to work, meaning they didnāt have disposable income to eat out.
Some foreground our differences ā the textures we prize, the sweetness we expect, the ways we learn to eat.
"What's eating at Rory?" was the question so many people want to discuss, especially after his terse news conference following Saturday's third round in Pennsylvania.
If you have not heard of it, "skinnytok" is a controversial side of social media where people promote weight loss tips focused on restrictive eating with the aim of being "skinny".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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