eat

Speech parts

1. eat - Noun

2. eat - Verb

Meaning

of Eat

To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.

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.

To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.

To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.

To make one's way slowly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

consume gnaw feed swallow dine devour corrode eat up gorge munch exhaust breakfast lunch rust snack
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Antonyms

still economy develop display maintain build
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Hypernyms

vex have take damage drop spend

Hyponyms

wolf raven peck sap gorge bolt

Phrases with the word

Eat the Rich dog eat dog eat like a bird eat like a horse I could eat a horse eat crow

Derivatives

ate eat eaten eating

Examples

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. Samuel Butler (novelist)

Eat to live, not live to eat. Socrates

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. Socrates

Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right. Ethiopian Proverb

A moth will eat the finest linen. Indonesian Proverb

Only when the last tree has withered, and the last fish caught, and the last river been poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money. Native American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

easygoing life easygoingness easyish eat a bag of dicks eat a dick eat a lot