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- Dictionaryeat/iːt/
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. light food or snacks: informal "these make great party eats"
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The meaning of EAT is to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn. How to use eat in a sentence.
verb [ I or T ] uk / iːt / us / iːt / ate | eaten. Add to word list. A1. to put or take food into the mouth, chew it (= crush it with the teeth), and swallow it: Do you eat meat? When I've got a cold, I don't feel like eating. We usually eat (= have a meal) at about seven o'clock. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to eat food.
A1. to put or take food into the mouth, chew it (= crush it with the teeth), and swallow it: Do you eat meat? When I have a cold, I don't feel like eating. We usually eat (= have a meal) at about seven o'clock. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to eat food. eat What do you want to eat for lunch?
eat. 1. / iːt / verb. to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing. tr; often foll by away or up to destroy as if by eating. the damp had eaten away the woodwork.
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.
Meaning of eat – Learner’s Dictionary. eat. verb. uk / iːt / us past tense ate | past participle eaten. eat verb (SWALLOW) Add to word list. A1. to put food into your mouth and then swallow it: Who ate all the cake? You should eat more slowly. I haven't eaten since breakfast. Let's have something to eat (= some food). Fewer examples.
Definition of eat verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food) 2. to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode. The patient was eaten by disease and pain. 3. to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion. 4. to ravage or devastate.
eat. 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.
verb. ate, eating, eats. To put (food) in the mouth, chew if necessary, and swallow. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To take in and absorb as food. A plant that eats insects; a cell that eats bacteria. American Heritage Medicine. Similar definitions. To include habitually or by preference in one's diet.
