eatverb [ I or T ]
uk/iːt/us/iːt/ate, eatenA1 to put or take food into the mouth, chew it (= crush it with the teeth), and swallow it:
Do you eat meat?
When I've got a cold, I don't feel like eating.
We usually eat (= have a meal) at about seven o'clock.
More examples
- I don't eat meat and my husband doesn't either.
- How many pieces of fresh fruit do you eat in a day?
- Jane never eats breakfast.
- I offered him a biscuit and he ate the whole plateful.
- He paused for a moment to listen and then continued eating.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- finish (sth) up
- gorge
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- snack
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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Idiom(s)
eaten up with/by sth
eat sb alive
eat sb for breakfast
eat your heart out
eat humble pie
eat like a bird
eat like a horse
eat sb's lunch
eat sb out of house and home
eat your words
have sb eating out of your hand
I'll eat my hat
(I'm so hungry), I could eat a horse
what's eating sb?
Phrasal verb(s)
eat away at sth
eat away at sb
eat in
eat into sth
eat out
eat (sth) up
eat up sth