English Explanatory Dictionary

eat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To ingest; to be ingested.
To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
To consume a meal.
To be eaten.
To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").
To use up.
To destroy, consume, or use up.
To consume (an exception, an event, etc.) so that other parts of the program do not receive it.
To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.
To consume money (or other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service or return the payment.
To cause (someone) to worry.
To take the loss in a transaction.

noun

Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

Pronunciation

ēt /iːt/ /it/ En-uk-to eat.ogg En-us-eat.ogg

Word forms

eat eats eating ate et eaten etten no-table-tags glossary eatest atest eateth

Etymology

From Middle English eten, from Old English etan (“to eat”), from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti, from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ait (“to eat”), Yola ayth, eight (“to eat”), North Frisian iidj, iit, ää'e, ääre, ääse (“to eat”), Saterland Frisian iete, íete (“to eat”), West Frisian ite (“to eat”), Alemannic German asse, assu, essen, ässe, ässä (“to eat”), Bavarian eisn, essn, èssn (“to eat”), Cimbrian èssan, èzzan (“to eat”), Dutch and Low German eten (“to eat”), German essen (“to eat”), Luxembourgish iessen (“to eat”), Mòcheno èssn (“to eat”), Vilamovian aosa (“to eat”), Yiddish עסן (esn, “to eat”), Danish æde (“to eat”), Elfdalian jätå (“to eat”), Faroese eta (“to eat”), Icelandic eta, éta (“to eat”), Norwegian Bokmål ete (“to eat”), Norwegian Nynorsk eta, ete, åtå (“to eat”), Swedish äta (“to eat”), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan, “to eat”).

Synonyms

eat have fret consume swallow dine chow down feed one's face bother disturb worry eat out devour eat and leave no crumbs bang rock slap excel go hard kick kick ass rule shine slay

Related words

fret ort drink edible food eat someone out of house and home mouthful taste

Derived words

all cows eat grass all-eating all-you-can-eat anteating appetite comes with eating ass eating big fish eat little fish binge eat binge eating binge eating disorder bitch eating crackers bite to eat bone-eating snot flower worm cat that ate the canary chalk-eating weasel cheese eating cheese-eating cheese-eating surrender monkey cheese-eating surrender monkeys clean eating comfort-eat comfort eating competitive eating could eat the arse out of a low flying duck could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck could eat the crutch from a low flying duck crab-eating fox crab-eating frog crab-eating macaque crab-eating raccoon crab-eating rat crab-eating zorro dog eat dog dog-eat-dog don't shit where you eat eat a bag of dicks eatability eatable eat a burger eat a dick eatage eat-all-you-can eat and leave no crumbs eat and run eat an elephant one bite at a time eat ass eatathon eat away eat away at eat beaver eat boiled crow eat cookie eat crow eat cunt eat dirt eat down eater eatertainment eatery eaterie

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