EAT
\ˈiːt], \ˈiːt], \ˈiː_t]\
Definitions of EAT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
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worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"
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take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
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worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"
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take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
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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"
By Princeton University
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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.
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To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.
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To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.
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To make one's way slowly.
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of Eat.
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To chew and swallow as food; to devour; - said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.
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To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.
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To make one's way slowly.
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of Eat.
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To chew and swallow as food; to devour; - said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.
By Noah Webster.
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To chew and swallow, as food; devour; consume; corrode; waste or wear away; as, rust eats away the surface.
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Eater.
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Ate.
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Eating.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Eater.
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To chew and swallow: to consume: to corrode.
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To take food:-pr.p. eating; pa.t. ate (at or et); pa.p. eaten (et'n) or (obs.) eat (et).
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To bite or chew and swallow, as food; to corrode or gnaw away; to consume; to oppress; to enjoy; to feast.
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To take food; to gnaw; to taste. To eat one's terms, to study for the English bar, so said as the student has to eat so many dinners each term in the public hall of the legal body to which he attaches himself, before being reckoned to have completed it. To eat one's words, to take back or retract what has been uttered. To cat, eat in, or eat into, to wear away by gnawing or corrosion. To eat out, to consume.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
