'Eat' definitions:
Definition of 'eat'
(from WordNet)
verb
Take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
verb
Eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
verb
Take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" [syn: feed, eat]
verb
Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?" [syn: eat, eat on]
verb
Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" [syn: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out]
verb
Definition of 'Eat'
From: GCIDE
- Eat \Eat\ ([=e]t), v. t. [imp. Ate ([=a]t; 277), Obsolescent & Colloq. Eat ([e^]t); p. p. Eaten ([=e]t"'n), Obs. or Colloq. Eat ([e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Eating.] [OE. eten, AS. etan; akin to OS. etan, OFries. eta, D. eten, OHG. ezzan, G. essen, Icel. eta, Sw. [aum]ta, Dan. [ae]de, Goth. itan, Ir. & Gael. ith, W. ysu, L. edere, Gr. 'e`dein, Skr. ad. [root]6. Cf. Etch, Fret to rub, Edible.]
- 1. To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread. "To eat grass as oxen." --Dan. iv. 25. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . ate the sacrifices of the dead. --Ps. cvi. 28. [1913 Webster]
- The lean . . . did eat up the first seven fat kine. --Gen. xli. 20. [1913 Webster]
- The lion had not eaten the carcass. --1 Kings xiii. 28. [1913 Webster]
- With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The island princes overbold Have eat our substance. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear. [1913 Webster]
- To eat humble pie. See under Humble.
- To eat of (partitive use). "Eat of the bread that can not waste." --Keble.
- To eat one's words, to retract what one has said. (See the Citation under Blurt.)
- To eat out, to consume completely. "Eat out the heart and comfort of it." --Tillotson.
- To eat the wind out of a vessel (Naut.), to gain slowly to windward of her.
- Syn: To consume; devour; gnaw; corrode. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Eat'
From: GCIDE
- Eat \Eat\ ([=e]t), v. t. [imp. Ate ([=a]t; 277), Obsolescent & Colloq. Eat ([e^]t); p. p. Eaten ([=e]t"'n), Obs. or Colloq. Eat ([e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Eating.] [OE. eten, AS. etan; akin to OS. etan, OFries. eta, D. eten, OHG. ezzan, G. essen, Icel. eta, Sw. [aum]ta, Dan. [ae]de, Goth. itan, Ir. & Gael. ith, W. ysu, L. edere, Gr. 'e`dein, Skr. ad. [root]6. Cf. Etch, Fret to rub, Edible.]
- 1. To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread. "To eat grass as oxen." --Dan. iv. 25. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . ate the sacrifices of the dead. --Ps. cvi. 28. [1913 Webster]
- The lean . . . did eat up the first seven fat kine. --Gen. xli. 20. [1913 Webster]
- The lion had not eaten the carcass. --1 Kings xiii. 28. [1913 Webster]
- With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The island princes overbold Have eat our substance. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear. [1913 Webster]
- To eat humble pie. See under Humble.
- To eat of (partitive use). "Eat of the bread that can not waste." --Keble.
- To eat one's words, to retract what one has said. (See the Citation under Blurt.)
- To eat out, to consume completely. "Eat out the heart and comfort of it." --Tillotson.
- To eat the wind out of a vessel (Naut.), to gain slowly to windward of her.
- Syn: To consume; devour; gnaw; corrode. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Eat'
From: GCIDE
- Eat \Eat\ ([=e]t), v. t. [imp. Ate ([=a]t; 277), Obsolescent & Colloq. Eat ([e^]t); p. p. Eaten ([=e]t"'n), Obs. or Colloq. Eat ([e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Eating.] [OE. eten, AS. etan; akin to OS. etan, OFries. eta, D. eten, OHG. ezzan, G. essen, Icel. eta, Sw. [aum]ta, Dan. [ae]de, Goth. itan, Ir. & Gael. ith, W. ysu, L. edere, Gr. 'e`dein, Skr. ad. [root]6. Cf. Etch, Fret to rub, Edible.]
- 1. To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread. "To eat grass as oxen." --Dan. iv. 25. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . ate the sacrifices of the dead. --Ps. cvi. 28. [1913 Webster]
- The lean . . . did eat up the first seven fat kine. --Gen. xli. 20. [1913 Webster]
- The lion had not eaten the carcass. --1 Kings xiii. 28. [1913 Webster]
- With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The island princes overbold Have eat our substance. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear. [1913 Webster]
- To eat humble pie. See under Humble.
- To eat of (partitive use). "Eat of the bread that can not waste." --Keble.
- To eat one's words, to retract what one has said. (See the Citation under Blurt.)
- To eat out, to consume completely. "Eat out the heart and comfort of it." --Tillotson.
- To eat the wind out of a vessel (Naut.), to gain slowly to windward of her.
- Syn: To consume; devour; gnaw; corrode. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Eat'
From: GCIDE
- Eat \Eat\, v. i.
- 1. To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board. [1913 Webster]
- He did eat continually at the king's table. --2 Sam. ix. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make one's way slowly. [1913 Webster]
- To eat, To eat in or To eat into, to make way by corrosion; to gnaw; to consume. "A sword laid by, which eats into itself." --Byron.
- To eat to windward (Naut.), to keep the course when closehauled with but little steering; -- said of a vessel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'eat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- absorb,
- assimilate,
- bite,
- bleed white,
- break bread,
- burn up,
- canker,
- consume,
- corrode,
- count calories,
- deplete,
- devour,
- diet,
- digest,
- disregard,
- dissolve,
- down,
- drain,
- drain of resources,
- drink,
- eat away,
- eat into,
- eat out,
- eat up,
- engorge,
- engulf,
- erode,
- etch,
- exhaust,
- expend,
- fall to,
- fare,
- feed,
- feed on,
- finish,
- finish off,
- gnaw,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- gulp,
- gulp down,
- hunger,
- ignore,
- imbibe,
- impoverish,
- ingest,
- ingurgitate,
- meal,
- nibble away,
- oxidize,
- partake,
- partake of,
- pitch in,
- pocket,
- pocket the affront,
- relish,
- rust,
- savor,
- spend,
- squander,
- stomach,
- suck dry,
- swallow,
- swallow an insult,
- swallow up,
- swill,
- swill down,
- take,
- taste,
- turn aside provocation,
- use up,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- wolf down
Words containing 'Eat'
- Eating,
- To eat,
- To eat in,
- To eat into,
- To eat of,
- To eat out,
- eat at,
- eat in,
- eat into,
- eat on,
- eat out,
- eat up,
- eats,
- Dirt eating,
- Eating house,
- To eat dirt,
- To eat heartily,
- To eat to windward,
- eat away,
- eat crow,
- eating apple,
- eating away,
- eating disorder,
- eating place,
- eating utensil,
- flesh eating,
- man eating,
- meat eating,
- Heart-eating,
- Moth-eat,
- Plant-eating,
- To eat humble pie,
- To eat one's words,
- To eat the seed corn,
- To eat the wind out of a vessel,
- flesh-eating,
- fruit-eating,
- grass-eating,
- meat-eating,
- ready-to-eat,
- binge-eating syndrome,
- crab-eating dog,
- crab-eating fox,
- crab-eating macaque,
- crab-eating opossum,
- crab-eating seal,
- dog-eat-dog,
- fruit-eating bat,
- man-eating shark