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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "eat"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to put food into the mouth, then chew and swallow it
Transitive: to eat food
to eat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was too busy to eat lunch due to back-to-back meetings.
āϟāĻžāύāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.1

āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to consume food as a meal
Intransitive
to eat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We never eat at that diner because the food is not to our liking.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāχ āύāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause worry or annoyance for someone
Transitive: to eat sb
to eat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The long commute eats my mom with stress every day.
āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03

āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gradually destroy, damage, or weaken something through exposure to or contact with a corrosive substance like water, air, or an acid
Transitive: to eat sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The acid rain has eaten holes in the marble statues outside.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻĄ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϞ āĻŽā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to use or utilize a lot of resources or materials
Transitive: to eat resources or materials
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This new software eats a lot of memory on my computer.
āĻāχ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŽā§‡āĻŽāϰāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05

āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bear a financial loss without seeking compensation or reimbursement
Transitive: to eat a financial loss
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The homeowner had to eat the roof repair expense.
āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ āĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āϚāĻžāϟāĻž, āϚ⧁āώāĻž

to orally pleasure a person's genitals
Transitive: to eat sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They engaged in mutual pleasure as they ate each other.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ• āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻž

to rock or pull off an outfit exceptionally well
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's really eating in that new suit.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āϏ⧇āχ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

eatable
eater
eating
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