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1. (v.t.) eat
to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
2. eat
to consume gradually; wear away; corrode.
3. eat
to use up, esp. wastefully (often fol. by away, into, or up):
Unexpected expenses ate up their savings.
4. eat
to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion.
5. eat
to ravage or devastate.
6. eat
to absorb or pay for:
The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs.
7. eat
to cause anxiety or irritation in; worry; bother:
What's eating you now?
8. (v.i.) eat
to consume food; have a meal.
9. eat
to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion:
Acid ate through the linoleum.
10. eat
eat in, to eat or dine at home.
11. eat
eat out, to have a meal at a restaurant rather than at home.
12. eat
eat up,
13. eat
to consume wholly.
14. eat
to show enthusiasm for; take pleasure in.
15. eat
to believe without question.
16. (n.) eat
Informal. food.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE etan)
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| Definition of 'EAT' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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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1. (verb) eat
to consume food
I love to eat.; I can't eat nuts - I'm allergic to them.; to eat well/healthily; Try to eat a balanced diet.; He hasn't had anything to eat all day.
2. eat
eat like a horse
to eat a lot
3. eat
to have a meal
What time are we eating?; eat dinner/lunch/breakfast
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| Definition of 'EAT' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. EAT
of Eat
2. EAT
of Eat
3. (verb) EAT
to chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread
4. (verb) EAT
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
5. (verb) EAT
to take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board
6. (verb) EAT
to taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef
7. (verb) EAT
to make one's way slowly
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| Definitions of 'EAT' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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EAT
1. To prolong pain; to satisfy the anticipatory pleasure of hunger; to deliberately plan the contamination of the drinking-water of a people.
2. The demagogic demands of the belly.
3. A sinful or extravagant act among the destitute.
4. A sacred rite among the rich.
5. An artificial aid to conversation and the repetition of threadbare stories, generally off-color.
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Sense: to (chew and) swallow; to take food
They are forbidden to eat meat; They ate up all the cakes; We must eat to live.
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 Afrikaans: eet, geëet, moet eet |
 Arabic: يَأْكُل |
 Bulgarian: ям |
 Brazilian: comer |
 Czech: jíst, sníst |
 German: essen |
 Danish: spise |
 Greek: τρώω |
 Spanish: comer |
 Estonian: sööma |
 Farsi: خوردن |
 Finnish: syödä |
 French: manger |
 Hebrew: לֶאֱכוֹל |
 Hindi: खाना |
 Croatian: jesti |
 Hungarian: eszik |
 Indonesian: makan |
 Icelandic: borða |
 Italian: mangiare |
 Japanese: 食べる |
 Korean: (음식을) 먹다, 씹어 삼키다 |
 Lithuanian: valgyti |
 Latvian: ēst |
 Malay: makan |
 Dutch: eten |
 Norwegian: spise, fortære, ete |
 Polish: jeść |
 Persian: خوردن |
 Pashto: خورل |
 Portuguese: comer |
 Romanian: a mânca |
 Russian: есть |
 Slovak: jesť |
 Slovenian: jesti |
 Serbian: jesti |
 Swedish: äta |
 Thai: กิน; ทาน |
 Turkish: yemek |
 Taiwanese: 喫，吃 |
 Ukrainian: їсти |
 Urdu: منہ میں ڈالنے ، چبانے اور |
 Vietnamese: ăn |
 Chinese: 吃 |
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