eat

Definition for eat

verb as in consume food

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attack, bite, chew, devour, dine, feed, ingest, inhale, nibble, pick, swallow

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absorb, banquet, bolt, breakfast, cram, digest, dispatch, gorge, gormandize, graze, lunch, masticate, munch, nosh, ruminate, scarf, scoff, snack, sup, wolf

Weak matches

break bread, chow down, dispose of, fall to, feast upon, gobble up, have a bite, have a meal, have for, make pig of oneself, partake of, peck at, pig out, polish off, pork out, put away, take food, take in, take nourishment

verb as in erode, wear away; use up

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bite, drain, nibble

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condense, corrode, crumble, decay, decompose, disappear, disintegrate, dissipate, dissolve, exhaust, gnaw, liquefy, melt, rot, rust, spill, squander, vanish

Weak matches

run through, waste away

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At Du-Par’s in the Original Farmers Market, I implored my city-bred boyfriend not to look at the movie star eating pancakes by himself at the counter.

From Los Angeles Times

At the beginning of this decade, increased demand in the UK ate up the 10% of his oysters that were being exported to continental Europe.

From BBC

"They recruited you with a salary of $8,000 a month, you eat well," Ngoma yelled, pointing out the disparity between that and a Congolese army recruit's pay.

From BBC

Park, the team spokesman, says he already has a favorite place to eat, a Korean restaurant about a mile from the Tigers’ hotel.

From Los Angeles Times

The rest of their time they spent on the beach, eating out and other normal holiday activities, the jury heard.

From BBC

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