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Meaning of 'eat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Eat
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2 . Eat [ v. i.]
- To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.
- To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.
- To make one's way slowly.
3 . Eat [ v. t.]
- To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.
- 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.

Meaning of 'eat' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . eat [ v]
Meaning (1):
- eat a meal; take a meal
Example in sentence:
  • I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation;
  • We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls
Meaning (2):
- take in solid food
Example in sentence:
  • She was eating a banana;
  • What did you eat for dinner last night?
Meaning (3):
- cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
Example in sentence:
  • The acid corroded the metal;
  • The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink
Meaning (4):
- use up (resources or materials)
Example in sentence:
  • They run through 20 bottles of wine a week;
  • this car consumes a lot of gas;
  • We exhausted our savings
Meaning (5):
- take in food; used of animals only
Example in sentence:
  • This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat;
  • What do whales eat?
Meaning (6):
- worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
Example in sentence:
  • What's eating you?

Nearby Words:

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