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| VERB | 1 | eat | Take in solid food |
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| 2 | eat | Eat a meal | |
| 3 | eat, feed | Take in food | |
| 4 | eat, consume, eat up, use up, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | Use up (resources or materials) | |
| 5 | eat, eat on | Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way | |
| 6 | eat, corrode, rust | Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid |
| Sounds | iy't |
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| Rhymes | aesthete, athlete, backseat, and 73 more rhymes in iyt... |
| Meaning | Take in solid food. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They eat more bread |
| Examples | "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| Similar to | eat; feed, eat |
| Caused by | feed, give |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have; eat |
| Narrower | wash down; gluttonize, gluttonise, fress; wolf, wolf down; slurp; fare; pitch in, dig in; pick at, peck at, peck; peck, pick up; gobble, bolt; garbage down, gobble up, shovel in, bolt down; nibble, pick, piece; ruminate; dunk, dip; devour, guttle, raven, pig; eat up, finish, polish off; devour, down, consume, go through; fill up, fill |
| Entails | chew, masticate, manducate, jaw; swallow, get down |
| Nouns | eater; eater; eating |
| Meaning | Eat a meal. Take a meal. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Model | Sam and Sue eat |
| Examples | "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| Similar to | eat |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
| See also | eat in; eat out; eat up |
| Narrower | take out, take away; victual; eat in, dine in; eat out, dine out; dine; picnic; eat; break bread; nosh, snack; mess; lunch; brunch; breakfast; feast, banquet, junket; gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out |
| Entailed by | tuck in, tuck away, put away; wine and dine |
| Nouns | eater; eating |
| Meaning | Take in food. Used of animals only. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Model | The animals eat |
| Examples | "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| Synonyms | feed |
| Similar to | eat |
| Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have |
| Narrower | forage; raven; suckle; crop, browse, graze, range, pasture |
| Nouns | eating |
| Meaning | Use up (resources or materials). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | They eat more bread |
| Synonyms | consume, eat up, use up, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out |
| Similar to | take, occupy, use up |
| Broader | spend, expend, drop |
| Narrower | run out; drain; indulge, luxuriate; burn off, burn, burn up; spend; run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire |
| Entailed by | use, expend; fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away |
| Meaning | Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
| Model | The bad news will eat him |
| Examples | "What's eating you?" |
| Synonyms | eat on |
| Broader | worry, vex |
| Meaning | Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | corrode, rust |
| Similar to | corrode, rust |
| Broader | damage |
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