eat

verbconsume food

verberode, wear away; use up

Antonyms for eat

Word Origin & History

Old English etan (class V strong verb; past tense æt, past participle eten) "to eat, devour, consume," from Proto-Germanic *etanan (cf. Old Frisian ita, Old Saxon etan, Middle Dutch eten, Dutch eten, Old High German ezzan, German essen, Old Norse eta, Gothic itan), from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (see edible).

Transferred sense of "slow, gradual corrosion or destruction" is from 1550s. Meaning "to preoccupy, engross" (as in what's eating you?) first recorded 1893. Slang sexual sense of "do cunnilingus on" is first recorded 1927. Eat out "dine away from home" is from 1933. The slang phrase to eat one's words is from 1570s; to eat one's heart out is from 1590s; for eat one's hat, see hat.

Example Sentences for eat

That seemed short enough—but after studying it, I says, What's the use of saying 'eat'?

I hope to reach the Peake on Wednesday night, where we shall be able to get something to eat.

You said, 'We hadn't got nothin' to eat in de house,' and what did I say to you?

We did justice to the supper, as we had not had anything to eat for thirty-two hours.

Windich shot three emus that were coming to the water, and we all had plenty of them to eat.

They look so beautifully, if it only were not necessary to eat them.

Then they eat, these young, Stubbses and Muggses, how they do eat!

I ordered Hannah however to eat of it, that I might not be thought sullen.

I want to eat when I am hungry, sleep when I am weary, drink—well, any old time.

As I eat my breakfast and smoke my pipe, I ponder over my task.

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Synonyms for eat

Antonyms for eat

badgered

badgering

bite

bother

bothers

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