ate

Speech parts

1. ate - Noun

2. ate - Verb

Derived from eat

4. Ate - Proper noun

Meaning

the preterit of Eat.

The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.

of Eat

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

received fed bit absorbed beverage overeating engorged ED ing took drank ment consumed eaten gorged

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

lost content compensate improper indifferent silly

Show all antonyms

Phrases with the word

ate and left no crumbs Who ate all the pies The Dog Ate My Homework the vine that ate the South ate up I ate

Examples

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate. Julia Child

Today it is generally accepted that although the earliest humans probably ate some meat, it was unlikely to have played a major role in their diet. Plants would have been a much more important source of food. Jane Goodall

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? Lin Yutang

When they gave the donkey flowers to smell, he ate them. Armenian Proverb

The gypsy church was made of pork and the dogs ate it. Gypsy Proverb

He ate one fig and he thought the autumn had come. Tunisian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ATCK ATD ATDD ate and left no crumbs ate up ATEAC