eat

About 38.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To ingest. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.

   He's eating an apple.

2. verb To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.

   He's eating an apple.

3. verb To consume a meal.

   What time do we eat this evening?

4. verb To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed.

   I try to eat healthy these days.

5. verb To be ingested.

   It's a soup that eats like a meal.

6. verb To be savored or enjoyed; to taste in a specified way.

   It's an unattractive dish, but it eats pretty good.

7. verb To use up. To destroy, consume, or use up.

   This project is eating up all the money.

8. verb To destroy, consume, or use up.

   This project is eating up all the money.

Similar words

eat up consume feed corrode deplete exhaust rust use up wipe out run through

Often followed by

the and it a in them with at or

Word family

ate eat my words eat out of my hand eaten eaten our words eaten their hearts out eater eaters eating eats