eaten

Word Origin & History

Old English eten, past participle of eat.

"Halbert, you have eaten scarcely anything," said his mother.

When he had eaten, he sat with his coffee for a final smoke of deliberation.

I have eaten so many fish that it were but justice that the fish should eat me.

Grace had eaten little and drunk nothing; but Howe was slightly stimulated.

"Come, dearest sister; you have eaten not a morsel to-day," she said.

For no matter how hungry the people may become the seed corn must not be eaten.

Mush of acorn meal which I had left in my pot had been eaten.

As for the horses, they never did get it out of their minds that they might be eaten by them.

I had eaten all the brush in the ravine and was beginning to be lonely.

Our meal was a perfectly English dinner, served and eaten in the English fashion.

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verb consume food

adjective. chewed