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- DictionaryEat/ēt/
verb
- 1. put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it: "he was eating a hot dog"
- 2. perform fellatio or cunnilingus on (someone). vulgar slang US
noun
- 1. food or snacks: informal "people would stop for soft drinks or eats"
Check pronunciation: eat. Definition of eat verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
EAT definition: 1. to put food into your mouth and then swallow it: 2. to eat a meal: . Learn more.
eat. [ eet ] show ipa. See synonyms for eat on Thesaurus.com. verb (used with object),ate [eyt; especially British et] or (Archaic) eat [et, eet]; eat·en or (Archaic) eat [et, eet]; eat·ing. to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
Definitions of eat. verb. take in solid food. “She was eating a banana” “What did you eat for dinner last night?” synonyms: feed. take in food; used of animals only. see more. verb. take in food; used of animals only. “This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat” “What do whales eat ?” synonyms: feed. see more. verb. eat a meal; take a meal.
5 days ago · verb transitive Word forms: ate (eɪt ; British; usually ɛt ), ˈeaten (ˈitən ), ˈeating. 1. to put (food) in the mouth, chew if necessary, and swallow. 2. to use up, devour, destroy, or waste as by eating; consume or ravage. usually with away or up. 3. to penetrate and destroy, as acid does; corrode.
1. a. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. b. To take in and absorb as food: a plant that eats insects; a cell that eats bacteria. c. To include habitually or by preference in one's diet: a bird that eats insects, fruit, and seeds; stopped eating red meat on advice from her doctor. 2.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Food, Leisure eat /iːt/ S1 W1 verb (past tense ate /et, eɪt $ eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈiːtn/) 1 food [ intransitive, transitive] to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow it Felix chatted cheerfully as he ate. A small girl was eating an ice cream.
