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| 1. | [ verb ] (food) take in solid food | |
| Examples: | "She was eating a banana" "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
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| Related terms: | consume devour eat_up nibble wash_down gobble peck dunk fill_up pitch_in slurp devour pick_at smack gobble_up wolf nibble gluttonize smack ruminate fare feed eating eater swallow chew | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (politics,food) eat a meal; take a meal | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | consume dine breakfast lunch picnic gorge feast nosh victual eat_out victual mess brunch break_bread eat_in take_away eat_up eat_out eat_in eater | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (food) take in food; used of animals only | |
| Synonyms: | feed | |
| Examples: | : "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat" "What do whales eat?" |
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| Related terms: | consume crop victual suckle forage raven eating | |
| 4. | [ verb ] use up, as of resources or materials | |
| Synonyms: | exhaust use_up eat_up wipe_out run_through deplete consume | |
| Examples: | "this car consumes a lot of gas" "We exhausted our savings" "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
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| Related terms: | spend spend drain burn_off run_down indulge run_out take exhaustion | |
| 5. | [ verb ] worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way | |
| Synonyms: | eat_on | |
| Examples: | : "What's eating you?" |
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| Related terms: | worry | |
| 6. | [ verb ] cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | |
| Synonyms: | corrode rust | |
| Examples: | "The acid corroded the metal" "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" |
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| Related terms: | damage corrode rust corrosion | |
| Similar spelling: |
at Athey Atha Atay |
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