eat

eat · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To put food into the mouth, chew, and swallow it.

  2. 2.

    To consume food regularly for sustenance.

  3. 3.

    To erode or destroy gradually.

  4. 4.

    (Informal) To trouble or worry someone.

  5. 5.

    To use up resources.

Related words

Antonyms: fast, starve
See also: drink, food, meal
Synonyms: consume, devour, dine, ingest

Etymology

From Old English etan meaning "to eat, devour, consume," from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- meaning "to eat." Related to German essen and Latin edere.