eat

To ingest.

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

I try to eat healthy these days.

(ergative, intransitive)To be ingested.

It's a soup that eats like a meal.

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

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

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.

(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.

(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.

(ambitransitive)To corrode or erode.

The acid rain ate away the statue. The strong acid eats through the metal.

(sometimes, transitive)To act well (in a role); to be intensely devoted (to a role).

Most of the movie was pretty weak, but she ate her role, and I couldn't take my eyes off her.

To use up.

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