English Explanatory Dictionary

eating

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of eat
adj
  1. Bred to be eaten.
  2. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
noun
  1. The act of ingesting food.
  2. Food; cooking, cuisine.
  3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

Pronunciation

/ˈiːtɪŋ/ /ˈitɪŋ/ [ˈiɾɪŋ] en-us-eating.ogg

Word forms

eating eatings

Etymology

From Middle English etynge, from Old English eting.

Synonyms

dining consuming consumption

Derived words

eating apple eating disorder eating habit eating house eating irons eating psychopathology emotional eating fish-eating intuitive eating large leaf-eating ladybird miseating plant-eating sin eating snake-eating cobra social eating stress eating worm-eating warbler

Translations

Arabic: أَكْل Bulgarian: хра́нене Chichewa: kudyá Czech: jídlo Czech: jezení Finnish: syöminen Finnish: ruokailu German: Essen East Central German: Assn Hebrew: אֲכִילָה Hindi: भक्षण Hungarian: evés Indonesian: pemakanan Ingrian: söömiin Italian: mangiare Japanese: 食べること Kabyle: učči Korean: 먹기 Macedonian: јадење Malay: pemakanan Ngarrindjeri: yayun Old English: ǣt Polish: jedzenie Portuguese: consumível Russian: приём пи́щи Russian: приня́тие пи́щи Swahili: kula Telugu: తినుట Zigula: kudya class 15
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