1. (verb) eat
take in solid food
"She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
2. (verb) eat
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"
3. (verb) feed, eat
take in food; used of animals only
"This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
4. (verb) eat, eat on
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
"What's eating you?"
5. (verb) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
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"
6. (verb) corrode, eat, rust
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
"The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
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Definition of 'EAT' 
