eat

verb intransitive/transitive

UK /iːt/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	eat
he/she/it	eats
present participle	eating
past tense	ate
past participle	eaten

1
to put food into your mouth and swallow it
We sat on the grass and ate our sandwiches.
Don’t talk while you’re eating.
I’ve eaten too much.
Finish your lunch – you’ve hardly eaten anything.
Synonyms and related words
General words meaning to eat
eat
swallow
have
1. 1a
  to eat a particular type or amount of food
  Do you eat meat/fish/eggs?
  I find it difficult to persuade my family to eat a healthy diet.
  eat properly/healthily/sensibly (=eat food that is good for you):
  Many people who live alone don’t eat properly.
  eating habits/patterns (=what someone eats, and when they eat):
  It will take time to change your children’s eating habits.
  eat well (=have a lot of good food):
  We always ate well at Aunt Milly’s.
  Synonyms and related words
  To eat in a particular way
  bite
  bolt
  bon appétit
2. 1b
  to have a meal
  We don’t eat breakfast together, except at the weekends.
  Beth ate her evening meal in the hotel.
  What time shall we eat?
  eat at:
  We ate at a small Chinese restaurant several streets away.
  something to eat (=food):
  Where can we get something to eat?
  a bite to eat (=a quick meal):
  Do you want to grab a bite to eat before we go?
  Synonyms and related words
  General words meaning to eat
  eat
  swallow
  have
2
eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
enjoy yourself as much as possible, because we will all die
I would like to encourage all my friends to eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
Submitted by:
Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 03/11/2018
Open Dictionary - November2018

phrases

eat someone alive

eat like a bird

eat like a horse

eat someone out of house and home

eat your heart out

eat your words

have someone eating out of your hand

what’s eating someone?

phrasal verbs

eat away

eat away at

eat in

eat into

eat out

eat up

eat ​‌‌‌

eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die

eat ​‌‌‌

eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die

eat

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