eat

US /iːt/

UK /iːt/

1.

put food into the mouth and chew and swallow it

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I like to eat breakfast early.

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She doesn't eat meat.

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consume devour ingest munch dine

2.

have a meal

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Let's eat out tonight.

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We usually eat dinner at 7 PM.

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dine feast sup

3.

destroy or consume something, especially by corrosion or erosion

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Rust can eat away at metal.

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The acid began to eat into the surface.

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corrode erode consume destroy gnaw

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eats eat in eat into eat out eating disorder eat up clean eating