Definition of Eat
1. Verb. Take in solid food. "They eat more bread"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
Specialized synonyms: Wash Down, Fress, Gluttonise, Gluttonize, Wolf, Wolf Down, Slurp, Fare, Dig In, Pitch In, Peck, Peck At, Pick At, Peck, Pick Up, Bolt, Gobble, Bolt Down, Garbage Down, Gobble Up, Shovel In, Nibble, Pick, Piece, Ruminate, Dip, Dunk, Devour, Guttle, Pig, Raven, Eat Up, Finish, Polish Off, Consume, Devour, Down, Go Through, Fill, Fill Up
Related verbs: Feed
Entails: Chew, Jaw, Manducate, Masticate, Get Down, Swallow
Derivative terms: Eater, Eater, Eating
2. Verb. Eat a meal; take a meal. "Sam and Sue eat"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
Specialized synonyms: Take Away, Take Out, Victual, Dine In, Eat In, Dine Out, Eat Out, Dine, Picnic, Break Bread, Nosh, Snack, Mess, Lunch, Brunch, Breakfast, Banquet, Feast, Junket, Binge, Englut, Engorge, Glut, Gorge, Gormandise, Gormandize, Gourmandize, Ingurgitate, Overeat, Overgorge, Overindulge, Pig Out, Satiate, Scarf Out, Stuff
Also: Eat In, Eat Out, Eat Up
Derivative terms: Eater, Eating
3. Verb. Take in food; used of animals only. "The animals eat"; "What do whales eat?"
Generic synonyms: Consume, Have, Ingest, Take, Take In
Specialized synonyms: Forage, Raven, Suckle, Browse, Crop, Graze, Pasture, Range
Derivative terms: Eating, Feed, Feeder, Feeding
4. Verb. Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way. "The bad news will eat him"; "What's eating you?"
5. Verb. Use up (resources or materials). "They eat more bread"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
Specialized synonyms: Run Out, Drain, Indulge, Luxuriate, Burn, Burn Off, Burn Up, Spend, Exhaust, Play Out, Run Down, Sap, Tire
Generic synonyms: Drop, Expend, Spend
Related verbs: Occupy, Take, Use Up
Derivative terms: Consumable, Consumptive, Depletion, Depletion, Exhaustion
6. Verb. Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid. "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
Generic synonyms: Damage
Related verbs: Corrode, Rust
Derivative terms: Corroding, Corrosion, Corrosive, Rust, Rust
Definition of Eat
1. v. t. To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.
2. v. i. To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.
Definition of Eat
1. to consume food [v ATE or ET, EATEN, EATING, EATS]
Medical Definition of Eat
1. 1. To chew and swallow as food; to devour; said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread. "To eat grass as oxen." "They . . . Ate the sacrifices of the dead." (Ps. Cvi. 28) "The lean . . . Did eat up the first seven fat kine." (Gen. Xli. 20) "The lion had not eaten the carcass." (1 Kings xiii. 28) "With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab junkets eat." (Milton) "The island princes overbold Have eat our substance." (Tennyson) "His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages." (Thackeray) 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. To eat humble pie. See Humble. To eat of . "Eat of the bread that can not waste." . 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." . To eat the wind out of a vessel, to gain slowly to windward of her. Synonym: To consume, devour, gnaw, corrode. Origin: OE. Eten, AS. Etan; akin to OS. Etan, OFries. Eta, D. Eten, OHG. Ezzan, G. Essen, Icel. Eta, Sw. Ata, Dan. Aede, Goth. Itan, Ir. & Gael. Ith, W. Ysu, L. Edere, Gr, Skr. Ad. Cf. Etch, Fret to rub, Edible. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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