Results for eat

Definitions of eat:

part of speech: verb transitive

To chew and swallow: to consume: to corrode.

part of speech: past tense

Ate.

part of speech: verb

To consume, as food with the mouth; to wear away or corrode; to gnaw; to take food.

part of speech: noun

Eater.

part of speech: present participle

Eating.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To take food:- pr. p. eating; pa. t. ate ( at or et); pa. p. eaten ( et'n) or ( obs.) eat ( et).

part of speech: verb transitive

To chew and swallow, as food; devour; consume; corrode; waste or wear away; as, rust eats away the surface.

Usage examples for eat:

• They are not ready to eat "Old Peter's Russian Tales", Arthur Ransome

• He doesn't eat a thing, poor dear. "From the Housetops", George Barr McCutcheon

• Well, whatever it is he won't eat me up! "The Mexican Twins", Lucy Fitch Perkins

• How can anyone expect to get better if she doesn't eat "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908", Lucy Maud Montgomery