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31eat — /i:t/ verb past tense ate /et,eIt/ past participle eaten 1 FOOD a) (I, T) to put food in your mouth and swallow it: Vegetarians don t eat meat. | something to eat (=some food): Would you like something to eat? | eat like a bird (=eat very little) …
32eat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. consume, devour, eat up, feed, fare; erode, corrode, wear, rust. See food, deterioration. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take as food] Syn. consume, devour, bite, chew, swallow, dine, feed, feed on, have a …
33eat */*/*/ — UK [iːt] / US [ɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms eat : present tense I/you/we/they eat he/she/it eats present participle eating past tense ate UK [et] / UK [eɪt] / US [eɪt] past participle eaten UK [ˈiːt(ə)n] / US [ˈɪt(ə)n] Other ways …
34eat — eater, n. /eet/, v., ate /ayt/; esp. Brit. /et/ or (Archaic) eat /et, eet/; eaten or (Archaic) eat /et, eet/; …
35eat out — verb eat at a restaurant or at somebody else s home • Syn: ↑dine out • Ant: ↑eat in • Hypernyms: ↑eat • Verb Frames: Somebody s …
36eat — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, assimilate, bite, bleed white, break bread, burn up, canker, consume, corrode, count calories, deplete, devour, diet, digest, disregard, dissolve, down, drain, drain of resources, drink, eat away, eat… …
37eat — verb (past ate ɛt, eɪt; past participle eaten) 1》 put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it. ↘(eat out or in) have a meal in a restaurant (or at home). 2》 (eat something away or eat away at/into) erode or destroy something gradually.… …
38eat — [[t]i͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦ eats, eating, ate, eaten 1) VERB When you eat something, you put it into your mouth, chew it, and swallow it. [V n] She was eating a sandwich... [V n] The bananas should be eaten within two days …
39eat\ out — v 1. To eat in a restaurant; eat away from home. Fred ate out often even when he wasn t out of town. 2. To rust, rot, or be destroyed in time. Rust had eaten out the gun barrel. See: eat away …
40eat into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms eat into : present tense I/you/we/they eat into he/she/it eats into present participle eating into past tense ate into past participle eaten into 1) eat into something if an activity or cost eats into your… …
