eaten

eat-en · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past participle of eat; having consumed food.

  2. 2.

    Used in passive constructions to indicate something was consumed.

  3. 3.

    (Figurative) Consumed or destroyed by something.

Related words

See also: eat, eater, eating
Synonyms: consumed, devoured, ingested

Etymology

From Old English etan, past participle eten, from Proto-Germanic etaną. The verb is one of the oldest in English, cognate with German essen and Latin edere.