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E0019000 (ēt)v. ate (āt), eat·en (ēt′n), eat·ing, eats v.tr.1. a. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.b. To take in and absorb as food: a plant that eats insects; a cell that eats bacteria.c. To include habitually or by preference in one's diet: a bird that eats insects, fruit, and seeds; stopped eating red meat on advice from her doctor.2. To destroy, ravage, or use up by or as if by ingesting: "Covering news in the field eats money" (George F. Will).3. To erode or corrode: waves that ate away the beach; an acid that eats the surface of a machine part.4. To produce by eating: Moths ate holes in our sweaters.5. Slang To absorb the cost or expense of: "You can eat your loss and switch the remaining money to other investment portfolios" (Marlys Harris).6. Informal To bother or annoy: What's eating him?7. Vulgar slang To perform cunnilingus or anilingus on. Often used with out.v.intr.1. a. To consume food.b. To have or take a meal.2. To exercise a consuming or eroding effect: a drill that ate away at the rock; exorbitant expenses that were eating into profits.3. To cause persistent annoyance or distress: "How long will it be before the frustration eats at you?" (Howard Kaplan).Phrasal Verb: eat up Slang 1. To receive or enjoy enthusiastically or avidly: She really eats up the publicity.2. To believe without question: He'll eat up whatever the broker tells him.Idioms: eat crow To be forced to accept a humiliating defeat. eat (one's) heart out1. To feel bitter anguish or grief.2. To be consumed by jealousy. eat (one's) words To retract something that one has said. eat out of (someone's) hand To be manipulated or dominated by another. eat (someone) alive Slang To overwhelm or defeat thoroughly: an inexperienced manager who was eaten alive in a competitive corporate environment.

[Middle English eten, from Old English etan; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

eat′er n.Synonyms: eat, consume, devour, ingest
These verbs mean to take food into the body by the mouth: ate a hearty dinner; greedily consumed the sandwich; hyenas devouring their prey; whales ingesting krill.

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(iːt) vb, eats, eating, ate or eaten1. (Physiology) to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing2. (tr; often foll by away or up) to destroy as if by eating: the damp had eaten away the woodwork. 3. (often foll by into) to use up or waste: taxes ate into his inheritance. 4. (often foll by: into or through) to make (a hole, passage, etc) by eating or gnawing: rats ate through the floor. 5. to take or have (a meal or meals): we always eat at six. 6. (tr) to include as part of one's diet: he doesn't eat fish. 7. (tr) informal to cause to worry; make anxious: what's eating you?. 8. (tr) slang to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon9. I'll eat my hat if informal I will be greatly surprised if (something happens that proves me wrong)10. eat one's heart out to brood or pine with grief or longing11. eat one's words to take back something said; recant; retract12. eat out of someone's hand to be entirely obedient to someone13. eat someone out of house and home to ruin someone, esp one's parent or one's host, by consuming all his food[Old English etan; related to Gothic itan, Old High German ezzan, Latin edere, Greek edein, Sanskrit admi] ˈeater n

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v. ate (eɪt; esp. Brit. ɛt) eat•en (ˈit n) eat•ing, v.t. 1. to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food). 2. to consume gradually; wear away; corrode. 3. to use up, esp. wastefully (often fol. by away, into, or up): Unexpected expenses ate up their savings. 4. to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion. 5. to ravage or devastate. 6. to absorb or pay for: The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs. 7. to cause anxiety or irritation in; worry; bother: What's eating you now? v.i. 8. to consume food; have a meal. 9. to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion: Acid ate through the linoleum. 10. eat in, to eat or dine at home. 11. eat out, to have a meal at a restaurant rather than at home. 12. eat up, a. to consume wholly. b. to show enthusiasm for; take pleasure in. c. to believe without question. n. 13. eats, Informal. food. [before 900; Middle English; Old English etan] eat′er, n.

eat

Past participle: eaten
Gerund: eating

Imperative
eat
eat

Present
I eat
you eat
he/she/it eats
we eat
you eat
they eat

Preterite
I ate
you ate
he/she/it ate
we ate
you ate
they ate

Present Continuous
I am eating
you are eating
he/she/it is eating
we are eating
you are eating
they are eating

Present Perfect
I have eaten
you have eaten
he/she/it has eaten
we have eaten
you have eaten
they have eaten

Past Continuous
I was eating
you were eating
he/she/it was eating
we were eating
you were eating
they were eating

Past Perfect
I had eaten
you had eaten
he/she/it had eaten
we had eaten
you had eaten
they had eaten

Future
I will eat
you will eat
he/she/it will eat
we will eat
you will eat
they will eat

Future Perfect
I will have eaten
you will have eaten
he/she/it will have eaten
we will have eaten
you will have eaten
they will have eaten

Future Continuous
I will be eating
you will be eating
he/she/it will be eating
we will be eating
you will be eating
they will be eating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been eating
you have been eating
he/she/it has been eating
we have been eating
you have been eating
they have been eating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been eating
you will have been eating
he/she/it will have been eating
we will have been eating
you will have been eating
they will have been eating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been eating
you had been eating
he/she/it had been eating
we had been eating
you had been eating
they had been eating

Conditional
I would eat
you would eat
he/she/it would eat
we would eat
you would eat
they would eat

Past Conditional
I would have eaten
you would have eaten
he/she/it would have eaten
we would have eaten
you would have eaten
they would have eaten

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"wash down - eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically; "She washed down her dinner with a bottle of red wine"; "He washes down his worries with a nightly glass of whisky"fress, gluttonise, gluttonize - eat a lot and without restraintwolf, wolf down - eat hastily; "The teenager wolfed down the pizza"slurp - eat noisily; "He slurped his soup"fare - eat wellpitch in, dig in - eat heartily; "The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in"peck at, pick at, peck - eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"peck, pick up - eat by pecking at, like a birdgobble, bolt - eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"garbage down, gobble up, shovel in, bolt down - eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"nibble, piece, pick - eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"ruminate - chew the cuds; "cows ruminate"eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"dip, dunk - dip into a liquid while eating; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce"guttle, pig, raven, devour - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"eat up, polish off, finish - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"consume, down, devour, go through - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"fill up, fill - eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
	2.	eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"take away, take out - buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"victual - take in nourishmentdine in, eat in - eat at homedine out, eat out - eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's homedine - have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant"picnic - eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"break bread - have a meal, usually with company; "The early Christian disciples broke bread together"nosh, snack - eat a snack; eat lightly; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals"mess - eat in a mess halllunch - take the midday meal; "At what time are you lunching?"brunch - eat a meal in the late morning; "We brunch in Sundays"breakfast - eat an early morning meal; "We breakfast at seven"feast, banquet, junket - partake in a feast or banquetbinge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, scarf out, satiate, stuff - overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"dine in, eat in - eat at homedine out, eat out - eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's homeeat up, polish off, finish - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"
	3.	eat - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"feedingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"forage - wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"raven - feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"suckle - suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"graze, pasture, browse, crop, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
	4.	eat - worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"eat onvex, worry - disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"
	5.	eat - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consumerun out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"luxuriate, indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream"burn off, burn up, burn - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"take, use up, occupy - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"play out, sap, tire, exhaust, run down - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
	6.	eat - cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"corrode, rustdamage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"rust, corrode - become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"

eat

verb1. consume, swallow, chew, hoover (informal), scoff (slang), devour, munch, tuck into (informal), put away, gobble, polish off (informal), wolf down She was eating a sandwich.2. have a meal, lunch, breakfast, dine, snack, feed, graze (informal), have lunch, have dinner, have breakfast, nosh (slang), take food, have supper, break bread, chow down (slang), take nourishment Let's go out to eat.eat into something use up, drain, exhaust, consume, deplete, devour, swallow up His work responsibilities were eating into his free time.eat something away destroy, dissolve, crumble, rot, decay, erode, wear down, corrode, bite into, waste away, wear away The rot is eating away the interior of the house.Related words
like phagomaniaQuotations
"One should eat to live, and not live to eat" [Molière L'Avare]

Specific eating habits

Habit

Food
anthropophagic or anthropophagous	fellow humans
apivorous	bees
cannibalistic	other members of the same species
carnivorous	meat
carpophagous, frugivorous, or fruitarian	fruit
carrion	dead and rotting flesh
coprophagous	dung
geophagous	earth
herbivorous	plants
hylophagous	wood
insectivorous	insects
limivorous	mud
macrophagous	relatively large pieces of food
monophagous	only one food
mycetophagous	fungi
myrmecophagous	ants
nectarivorous	nectar
nucivorous	nuts
omnivorous	meat and plants
omophagic or omophagous	raw food
piscivorous	fish
theophagous	gods
vegan	no animal products
vegetarian	no flesh
zoophagous	animals

eat

verb1. To take (food) into the body as nourishment:consume, devour, fare, ingest, partake.Slang: chow.Idioms: break bread, have a bite.2. To do away with completely and destructively.Also used with up:consume, devour, swallow (up), waste.3. To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction:bite, corrode, erode, gnaw, wear, wear away.phrasal verb
eat up1. To eat completely or entirely:consume, devour, dispatch.Informal: polish off, put away.2. To use all of:consume, drain, draw down, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up.Informal: polish off.3. To be avidly interested in:devour, feast on, relish.4. Slang. To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively:adore, delight (in), dote on (or upon), love.Slang: groove on.

Translations

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eat

(iːt) – past tense ate (et eit; (American) eit) : past participle ˈeaten – verb to (chew and) swallow; to take food. They are forbidden to eat meat; They ate up all the cakes; We must eat to live.吃ˈeatable (negative uneatable) adjective fit to be eaten. The meal was scarcely eatable.可食用的 noun (in plural) food. Cover all eatables to keep mice away.食物eat into to destroy or waste gradually. Acid eats into metal; The school fees have eaten into our savings. 腐蚀，耗掉 eat one's words to admit humbly that one was mistaken in saying something. I'll make him eat his words! 认错道歉，食言

eat

→ 吃zhCN

Is there somewhere to eat on the boat? → 船上有吃饭的地方吗？
What would you like to eat? → 您想吃点什么？
Do you eat meat? → 你吃肉吗？
Would you like something to eat? → 想要吃点什么吗？

eat

eat (someone or something)

1. To pay the cost of something. If we sent the wrong file to the printer, then we'll just have to eat the cost of the fliers and start over again.2. To cause one to worry. What's eating you? Did something bad happen?3. vulgar slang To perform cunnilingus.See also: eat

eat

1. tv. [for something] to bother or worry someone. Nothing’s eating me. I’m just the nervous type. 2. tv. to absorb the cost or expense of something. We’ll eat the costs on this one. It’s the least we can do. 3. tv. to perform oral sex on someone. (Usually objectionable.) She said she wanted to eat me!

See:

(do something) to excess
(Do) you eat with that mouth?
(I) hate to eat and run
(one) is not going to eat (someone)
(one) won't eat (someone)
a bite to eat
beat out
chew out
could eat a horse
did everything he could 'cept eat us
Do you eat with that mouth?
Dog does not eat dog
dog eat dog
dog-eat-dog
don't crap where you eat
don't know whether to eat it or rub it on
eat
eat (away) at (someone or something)
eat (away) at (someone's) conscience
eat (one) alive
eat (one) out of house and home
eat (one's) fill
eat (one's) gun
eat (one's) hat
eat (one's) heart out
eat (one's) lunch
eat (one's) own dog food
eat (one's) salt
eat (one's) shirt
eat (one's) Wheaties
eat (one's) words
eat (one's) young
eat (someone or something)
eat (someone's) dust
eat (something or someone) for breakfast
eat (something) off
eat (something) out of (something)
eat alive
eat and run
eat at
eat at the Y
eat away
eat away at
eat crap
eat crow
eat crow/humble pie/dirt, to
eat dirt
eat face
eat fill
eat for two
eat hat
eat heart out
eat high off the hog
eat high on the hog
eat humble pie
eat in
eat into (something)
eat it
eat it up
eat like a bird
eat like a bird/horse, to
eat like a horse
eat like a pig
eat lunch
eat me
Eat me!
eat my shorts
Eat my shorts!
eat nails
eat off
eat one’s gun
eat one’s hat
eat one’s heart out
eat one's cake and have it (too)
eat one's cake and have it, too
eat one's cake and have it, too, to
eat one's hat
eat one's hat, to
eat one's heart out
eat one's heart out, to
eat one's words
eat one's words, to
eat out
eat out of
eat out of (one's) hand
eat out of hand
eat out of house and home
eat out of someone's hand
eat out of someone's hand, to
eat pussy
eat salt
eat salt with
eat salt with (someone)
eat somebody alive
eat somebody out of house and home
eat somebody's lunch
eat someone alive
eat someone out of house and home
eat someone out of house and home, to
eat someone’s lunch
eat someone's dust
eat someone's lunch
eat something up
eat the bread of idleness
eat through
eat through (something)
Eat to live, not live to eat
eat up
eat up with
Eat up!
eat words
eat your hat
eat your heart out
eat your words
eat, drink and be merry
eat, drink, and be merry
eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
for England
good enough to eat
hate to eat and run
have (one's) cake and eat it (too)
have cake and eat it too
have someone for breakfast
have something to eat
have to eat (one's) words
have your cake and eat it
he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree
He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut
he, she, etc. won't eat you
he/she can talk/eat, etc. for England
high off the hog, eat
high off the hog, to eat/live
I could eat a horse
I could eat a horse!
I'll eat my hat
I'll eat my hat!
Let them eat cake
mad enough to eat nails
make (one) eat crow
make eat crow
real men don't eat quiche
so clean (that) (one) could eat off the floor(s)
so clean you could eat off the floor
the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet
When do we eat?
will eat for breakfast
you are what you eat
You cannot have your cake and eat it
you can't have your cake and eat it
you could eat off the floor(s)
you eat with that mouth?
You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die

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verb consume

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verb have a meal

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phrase eat into something

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phrase eat something away

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verb to take (food) into the body as nourishment

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verb to do away with completely and destructively

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verb to consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction

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phrase eat up: to eat completely or entirely

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phrase eat up: to use all of

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phrase eat up: to be avidly interested in

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phrase eat up: to like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively

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verb take in solid food

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verb eat a meal

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verb take in food

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verb worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

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verb use up (resources or materials)

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verb cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

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