ate verb
ate
The verb form of ate is eat
A aDefinitions
- verb transitive ate eat 3
- verb ate simple past tense of eat. 1
- verb with object ate to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food). 1
- verb with object ate to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode: The patient was eaten by disease and pain. 1
- verb with object ate to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion. 1
- verb with object ate to ravage or devastate: a forest eaten by fire. 1
- verb with object ate to use up, especially wastefully; consume (often followed by up): Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings. 1
- verb with object ate to absorb or pay for: The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs. 1
- verb with object ate Slang: Vulgar. to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on. 1
- verb without object ate to consume food; take a meal: We'll eat at six o'clock. 1
- verb without object ate to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion: Acid ate through the linoleum. 1