Meaning

17 senses
  1. To ingest.

    (ambitransitive)To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.

    He's eating an apple.

    Don't disturb me now. Can't you see that I'm eating?

    essen, fressen, ässe

    естьjestʹ, пое́стьpojéstʹ, съестьsʺjestʹ

    ї́стиjísty, пої́стиpojísty, з'ї́стиzʺjísty

    take in solid food

  2. (intransitive)To consume a meal.

    What time do we eat this evening?

    essen, speisen

    естьjestʹ, ку́шатьkúšatʹ

    ї́стиjísty

    eat a meal; take a meal

  3. (copulative, intransitive)To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed.

    I try to eat healthy these days.

  4. (ergative, intransitive)To be ingested.

    It's a soup that eats like a meal.

  5. (intransitive)To be savored or enjoyed; to taste in a specified way.

    It's an unattractive dish, but it eats pretty good.

  6. To use up.

    (figuratively, often, transitive, with up)To destroy, consume, or use up.

    This project is eating up all the money.

    That hobby eats his savings.

    use up (resources or materials)

  7. (figuratively, informal, transitive)To consume (an exception, an event, etc.) so that other parts of the program do not receive it.

  8. (figuratively, informal, transitive)To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.

    The VHS recorder just ate the tape and won't spit it out.

    John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report.

  9. (figuratively, informal, transitive)To consume money (or other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service or return the payment.

    The video game in the corner just ate my quarter.

  10. (informal, transitive)To cause (someone) to worry.

    What's eating you?

    worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

  11. (transitive)To take the loss in a transaction.

  12. (slang, transitive)To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.

Examples

19949 sentences
  1. If you don't eat, you die.

    Якщо не їсти, то помреш.

    ruЕсли не будете есть, вы умрёте.

    deWenn man nicht isst, stirbt man.

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  2. I'm tired of eating fast food.

    Я втомився від фаст-фуду.

    ruЯ устал от фаст-фуда.

    deIch habe es satt, Fastfood zu essen.

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  3. Can I have something to eat?

    Можна мені щось попоїсти?

    ruМожно мне чего-нибудь поесть?

    deKann ich etwas zu Essen bekommen?

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  4. Do you have anything to eat?

    У вас є щось поїсти?

    ruУ тебя найдётся что-нибудь поесть?

    deHast du etwas zu essen?

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  5. Please give me something to eat.

    Будь ласка, дай мені щось попоїсти.

    ruПожалуйста, дайте мне что-нибудь поесть.

    deGib mir bitte etwas zu essen!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to ingest — see also consume, ingest:
Русский
By meaning 1
to ingest — see also consume, ingest:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to ingest — see also consume, ingest:
eat a meal:

Origin

From Middle English eten, from Old English etan (“to eat”), from Proto-West Germanic *etan

From Middle English eten, from Old English etan (“to eat”), from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti, from *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

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Forms

eats, eating, ate, eaten
Base formeat · to eat
3rd person singulareats
Present participleeating
Past simpleate
Past participleeaten

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyeat
he, she, iteats

Past simpleLesson

all personsate

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave eaten
he, she, ithas eaten

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill eat

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

36 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

91 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • something to eat
  • want to eat
  • eat lunch
  • eat lunch with
  • eat breakfast
  • eat dinner
  • eat meat
  • eat anything
  • eat too much
  • to eat lunch
  • eat a lot
  • usually eat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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