out-eatv.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtˈiːt/, U.S.

/ˌaʊtˈit/

Inflections: Past tense out-ate; past participle out-eaten;

Forms: see out- prefix and eat v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, eat v.

Etymology: < out- prefix + eat v. With sense 2 compare to eat out at eat v. Phrasal verbs.

1. transitive. To surpass in eating, eat more than.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat as much as or more than

overeat?1523

out-eat1530

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 650/2 My horse wyll outete such four jades as thyne is.

1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. L^v He wil be sure to bee a guest, and to out-eat sixe of the fattest Burgers.

1701 E. Ward Battel without Bloodshed 15 Hungry as Hawks, having Food to delight-'em, They out-Eat the French, rather more than out-Fight-'em.

1807 W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis 36 (note) The reader must allow..that the natives of other countries may out-eat us.

1937 D. Runyon in Collier's 21 Aug. 9 I am willing to bet ten thousand dollars that he can outeat anybody in the United States.

1991 N.Y. Mag. 9 Sept. 12/1 The U.S. can boast that it out-ate the Soviets and bankrupted the USSR's economy.

†2. transitive. To eat out or away. Usually in passive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > corrode or erode

forfret?c1225

fret?c1225

gnaw1530

to eat awaya1538

eat1555

arrode1575

corrode1594

out-eatc1595

eat1609

erode1612

to eat out1616

bite1623

etch1664

exede1669

cancer1824

to eat in-

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxix. 29 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 82 Quite an alian am I grown:..With thy temples zeale out-eaten, with thy slanders scourges beaten.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 185 Poore men are pitifully out-eaten by vsurious contracts.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 12 Some Antique Inscription..whose Characters..were so corroded, and out-eaten by Time, that..Antiquaries..could not read it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	out-eat
释义	out-eatv. Brit. /ˌaʊtˈiːt/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈit/ Inflections: Past tense out-ate; past participle out-eaten; Forms: see out- prefix and eat v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, eat v. Etymology: < out- prefix + eat v. With sense 2 compare to eat out at eat v. Phrasal verbs. 1. transitive. To surpass in eating, eat more than. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat as much as or more than overeat?1523 out-eat1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 650/2 My horse wyll outete such four jades as thyne is. 1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. L^v He wil be sure to bee a guest, and to out-eat sixe of the fattest Burgers. 1701 E. Ward Battel without Bloodshed 15 Hungry as Hawks, having Food to delight-'em, They out-Eat the French, rather more than out-Fight-'em. 1807 W. H. Ireland Stultifera Navis 36 (note) The reader must allow..that the natives of other countries may out-eat us. 1937 D. Runyon in Collier's 21 Aug. 9 I am willing to bet ten thousand dollars that he can outeat anybody in the United States. 1991 N.Y. Mag. 9 Sept. 12/1 The U.S. can boast that it out-ate the Soviets and bankrupted the USSR's economy. †2. transitive. To eat out or away. Usually in passive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > cause bad condition in [verb (transitive)] > corrode or erode forfret?c1225 fret?c1225 gnaw1530 to eat awaya1538 eat1555 arrode1575 corrode1594 out-eatc1595 eat1609 erode1612 to eat out1616 bite1623 etch1664 exede1669 cancer1824 to eat in- c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxix. 29 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 82 Quite an alian am I grown:..With thy temples zeale out-eaten, with thy slanders scourges beaten. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 185 Poore men are pitifully out-eaten by vsurious contracts. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 12 Some Antique Inscription..whose Characters..were so corroded, and out-eaten by Time, that..Antiquaries..could not read it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1530
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