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Meaning of 'eat'
Meaning of 'eat' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Eat 
- of Eat - of Eat
2. Eat [ v. i.]
- To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in
distinction from liquid, food; to board. [ v. i.]- 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. [ v. t.]- 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]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- take in solid food
- take in solid food
Example in sentence:
- She was eating a banana;
- What did you eat for dinner last night?
Meaning (2):
- cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
- 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 (3):
- use up (resources or materials)
- 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 (4):
- take in food; used of animals only
- take in food; used of animals only
Example in sentence:
- This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat;
- What do whales eat?
Meaning (5):
- eat a meal; take a meal
- 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 (6):
- worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
- worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
Example in sentence:
- What's eating you?
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