ALL meanings of eat
eat
E e - noun eat Put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it. 1
- transitive verb eat consume a food 1
- intransitive verb eat consume food 1
- intransitive verb eat corrode 1
- transitive verb eat food: chew and swallow 1
- transitive verb eat ravage 1
- verb with object eat to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food). 1
- verb with object eat to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode: The patient was eaten by disease and pain. 1
- verb with object eat to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion. 1
- verb with object eat to ravage or devastate: a forest eaten by fire. 1
- verb with object eat to use up, especially wastefully; consume (often followed by up): Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings. 1
- verb with object eat to absorb or pay for: The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs. 1
- verb with object eat Slang: Vulgar. to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on. 1
- verb without object eat to consume food; take a meal: We'll eat at six o'clock. 1
- verb without object eat to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion: Acid ate through the linoleum. 1
- noun eat eats, Informal. food. 1
- idioms eat be eating someone, Informal. to worry, annoy, or bother: Something seems to be eating him—he's been wearing a frown all day. 1
- idioms eat eat crow. crow1 (def 7). 1
- idioms eat eat high off the hog. hog (def 16). 1
- idioms eat eat humble pie. humble pie (def 3). 1
- idioms eat eat in, to eat or dine at home. 1
- idioms eat eat one's heart out. heart (def 26). 1
- idioms eat eat one's terms. term (def 17). 1
- idioms eat eat one's words. word (def 16). 1
- idioms eat eat out of one's hand. hand (def 49). 1
- idioms eat eat someone out of house and home, to eat so much as to strain someone's resources of food or money: A group of hungry teenagers can eat you out of house and home. 1
- idioms eat eat someone's lunch, Slang. to thoroughly defeat, outdo, injure, etc. 1
- idioms eat eat the wind out of, Nautical. to blanket (a sailing vessel sailing close-hauled) by sailing close on the weather side of. 1
- verb eat When you eat something, you put it into your mouth, chew it, and swallow it. 0
- verb eat If you eat sensibly or healthily, you eat food that is good for you. 0
- verb eat If you eat, you have a meal. 0
- verb eat If something is eating you, it is annoying or worrying you. 0
- verb eat to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing 0
- verb eat to destroy as if by eating 0
- verb eat to use up or waste 0
- verb eat to make (a hole, passage, etc) by eating or gnawing 0
- verb eat to take or have (a meal or meals) 0
- verb eat to include as part of one's diet 0
- verb eat to cause to worry; make anxious 0
- verb eat to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon 0
- abbreviation EAT Tanzania (international car registration) 0
- verb transitive eat to put (food) in the mouth, chew if necessary, and swallow 0
- verb transitive eat to use up, devour, destroy, or waste as by eating; consume or ravage 0
- verb transitive eat to penetrate and destroy, as acid does; corrode 0
- verb transitive eat to make by or as by eating 0
- verb transitive eat to bring into a specified condition by eating 0
- verb transitive eat to absorb (a financial loss); accept responsibility for losses resulting from (unsold goods, bad debts, etc.) 0
- verb transitive eat to worry or bother 0
- verb transitive eat to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on 0
- intransitive verb eat to eat food; have a meal or meals 0