"eat" | Definition and Related Words

eat

Verb

Take in solid food (synset 201170802)
"She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
entail:
- chew, jaw, manducate, masticate - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
- get down, swallow - pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
is a type of:
- consume, have, ingest, take, take in - serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- eat - eat a meal; take a meal
subtypes:
- wash down - eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically
- fress, gluttonise, gluttonize - eat a lot and without restraint
- wolf, wolf down - eat hastily
- slurp - eat noisily
- fare - eat well
- peck, peck at, pick at - eat like a bird
- peck, pick up - eat by pecking at, like a bird
- bolt, gobble - eat hastily without proper chewing
- bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in - eat a large amount of food quickly
- nibble, pick, piece - eat intermittently; take small bites of
- ruminate - chew the cuds
- devour, guttle, pig, raven - eat greedily
- eat up, finish, polish off - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
- fill, fill up - eat until one is sated
verb group:
- eat - eat a meal; take a meal
- eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only
Eat a meal;
Take a meal (synset 201168667)
"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"

is a type of: consume, have, ingest, take, take in - serve oneself to, or consume regularly
subtypes:
- take away, take out - buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
- victual - take in nourishment
- dine in, eat in - eat at home
- dine out, eat out - eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home
- dine - have supper; eat dinner
- picnic - eat alfresco, in the open air
- eat - take in solid food
- break bread - have a meal, usually with company
- dig in, pitch in - eat heartily
- nosh, snack - eat a snack; eat lightly
- mess - eat in a mess hall
- lunch - take the midday meal
- brunch - eat a meal in the late morning
- breakfast - eat an early morning meal
- banquet, feast, junket - partake in a feast or banquet
- binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff - overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
verb group: eat - take in solid food
Take in food;
Used of animals only (synset 201182162)
"This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"

is a type of: consume, have, ingest, take, take in - serve oneself to, or consume regularly
subtypes:
- forage - wander and feed
- raven - feed greedily
- suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts
- browse, crop, graze, pasture, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture
same as: feed

verb group: eat - take in solid food
Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way (synset 201770125)
"What's eating you?"

is a type of: vex, worry - disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

same as: eat on
Use up (resources or materials) (synset 201159815)
"this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

is a type of: drop, expend, spend - pay out
subtypes:
- run out - exhaust the supply of
- drain - deplete of resources
- indulge, luxuriate - enjoy to excess
- burn, burn off, burn up - use up (energy)
- spend - spend completely
- exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire - deplete
same as: consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out

verb group: occupy, take, use up - require (time or space)
Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid (synset 200275082)
"The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

is a type of: damage - inflict damage upon

same as: corrode, rust

verb group: corrode, rust - become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid

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