Another word for eat
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Verb
To take (food) into the body as nourishment
Idioms:See also:To do away with completely and destructively.
- To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
- To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble:
- To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
- To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.
- To put up with (something unpleasant):
- To refrain from expressing; suppress:
- To eat up greedily.
- To destroy, consume, or waste:
- To take in eagerly:
See also:To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction
- To carry or have on one's person as covering, adornment, or protection:
- To carry or have habitually on one's person, especially as an aid:
- To display in one's appearance:
- To bite, chew on, or erode with the teeth.
- To produce by gnawing:
- To erode or diminish gradually as if by gnawing:
- To wear (something) away by erosion:
- To eat into; corrode:
- To make or form by wearing away:
- To destroy a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action:
- To impair steadily; deteriorate:
- To be eaten or worn away.
- To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.
- To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.
- To sting with a stinger.
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Another word for eat
Verb
To take as food
- To draw (air or smoke, for example) into the lungs by breathing; inspire.
- To consume rapidly or eagerly; devour:
- To breathe in; inspire.
- (idiomatic) To eat, especially to eat vigorously.
- (idiomatic) To eat.
- (idiomatic, informal) To eat excessively.
- The act or an instance of voracious eating by a person or group.
- A snack or light meal.
- To eat a snack or light meal:
- (colloquial, simile) To eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.
- To set upon with violent force.
- To criticize strongly or in a hostile manner.
- To start work on with purpose and vigor:
- (idiomatic) To make (a task) quicker or easier.
- (idiomatic) To deal with or overcome (someone or something) quickly and without difficulty.
- To force, press, or squeeze (something) into an insufficient or barely sufficient space; stuff.
- To feed a large amount of food to (an animal).
- To fill (oneself or one's stomach, for example) with food.
- To eat to excess, especially when habitual.
- To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate:
- To flood (a market) with an excess of goods so that supply exceeds demand.
- To eat or indulge in something excessively.
- To eat gluttonously; gorge.
- To devour (food) gluttonously.
- A specific taste or smell:
- The quality of something that is perceived as taste or smell:
- A distinctive quality or characteristic:
- To make an effort to do or accomplish (something); attempt:
- To taste, sample, or otherwise test in order to determine strength, effect, worth, or desirability:
- To make an effort to open (a closed door or window).
- To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.
- To eat or drink a small quantity of.
- To partake of, especially for the first time; experience:
- To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.
- To take in and absorb as food:
- To be in possession of:
- To possess as a characteristic, quality, or function:
- To possess or contain as a constituent part:
- The act or an instance of swindling or cheating; a deception.
- To swallow greedily or rapidly in large amounts:
- To choke back by or as if by swallowing.
- To choke or gasp, as in swallowing large amounts of liquid.
- (idiomatic) To consume (food) quickly and without regard for table manners.
- A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.
- A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key.
- A fastener consisting of a threaded pin or rod with a head at one end, designed to be inserted through holes in assembled parts and secured by a mated nut that is tightened by applying torque.
- To get along:
- To happen or develop:
- To travel; go.
- To speak with another or others about; talk over:
- To examine or consider (a subject) in speech or writing:
- To speak with another or others about something:
- To become fat.
- To thrive and prosper, especially at another's expense:
- To fatten; overfeed.
- An elaborate, sumptuous repast.
- A ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest or occasion.
- To honor at or partake of a banquet.
- A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by entertainment; a banquet.
- A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed.
- A periodic religious festival commemorating an event or honoring a god or saint.
- To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business.
- To complete, transact, or dispose of promptly:
- To eat up (food); finish off (a dish or meal).
- To inspect something leisurely and casually:
- To read something superficially by selecting passages at random:
- To look for information on the Internet.
- To feed on growing grasses and herbage.
- To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal.
- To eat snacks throughout the day in place of full meals.
- To turn a matter over and over in the mind.
- To chew cud.
- To reflect on over and over again.
- To chew (food).
- To grind and knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.
- To chew food.
- To convert (food) into simpler chemical compounds that can be absorbed and assimilated by an organism, as by chemical and muscular action in the digestive tract.
- To think over so as to understand; absorb or assimilate:
- To organize into a systematic arrangement, usually by summarizing or classifying.
- (idiomatic) To consume completely.
- (idiomatic) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
- To select from a group:
- To gather in; harvest:
- To gather the harvest from:
- To attack with petty and repeated blows; to carp at; to nag; to tease.
- To get rid of.
- To transfer to another's control.
- To deal with conclusively with a threat or a difficult situation.
- (intransitive) To have dinner outside one's house.
- A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine.
- A narrow entrance into the outwork of a fortification.
- The throat; the gullet:
- To devour in greedy gulps.
- To take greedily; grab:
- To eat greedily or rapidly.
- To bite at gently and repeatedly.
- To eat with small, quick bites or in small morsels:
- To wear away or diminish bit by bit:
- To chew food audibly or with a steady working of the jaws.
- To eat with pleasure.
- To chew or eat (food) audibly or with pleasure.
- A hurried or light meal.
- Food eaten between meals.
- To eat a hurried or light meal.
- To eat or drink (something) or engage in eating or drinking by taking small swallows or mouthfuls:
- A small swallow or mouthful of liquid food; a sip.
- The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- To eat breakfast:
- To provide breakfast for.
- A meal eaten at midday.
- The food provided for a midday meal.
- To eat a midday meal.
- To give food to; supply with nourishment:
- To provide as food or nourishment:
- To serve as food for:
- To have dinner.
- To give dinner to; entertain at dinner:
- To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.
- To put up with (something unpleasant):
- To refrain from expressing; suppress:
- To bite and grind with the teeth; masticate.
- To meditate on; ponder:
- To make a crushing and grinding motion with the teeth.
- To cut, grip, or tear with or as if with the teeth.
- To pierce the skin of with the teeth, fangs, or mouthparts.
- To sting with a stinger.
- To eat up greedily.
- To destroy, consume, or waste:
- To take in eagerly:
- To take in as food; eat or drink up.
- To expend; use up:
- To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.
To reduce gradually
- An uninterrupted rehearsal:
- A brief outline or summary.
- To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
- To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
- To draw off the surface water of:
- To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate.
- To fail to take advantage of:
- To scatter.
- To break apart or attenuate to the point of disappearing:
- To drive away; cause to vanish:
- To spend or expend intemperately or wastefully; squander:
- To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
- To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble:
- To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
- (idiomatic) To consume completely.
- (idiomatic) To accept or believe entirely, immediately, and without questioning.
- To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
- To dissolve:
- To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving:
- To cause to pass into solution:
- To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
- To cause to lose definition; blend or blur:
- To bring heavy destruction on; devastate:
- To pillage; sack:
- To wreak destruction.
- To break apart the structure of, render physically unusable, or cause to cease to exist as a distinguishable physical entity:
- To put an end to; eliminate:
- To render useless or ruin:
- To bite, chew on, or erode with the teeth.
- To produce by gnawing:
- To erode or diminish gradually as if by gnawing:
- To wear (something) away by erosion:
- To eat into; corrode:
- To make or form by wearing away:
- To eat up greedily.
- To destroy, consume, or waste:
- To take in eagerly:
- To take in as food; eat or drink up.
- To expend; use up:
- To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.
- To destroy a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action:
- To impair steadily; deteriorate:
- To be eaten or worn away.
*To bother
- To break up or destroy the tranquility, order, or settled state of:
- To trouble emotionally or mentally; upset:
- To interfere with; interrupt:
- To irritate, bother, or frustrate:
- To cause perplexity in; baffle:
- To cause difficulty or trouble to:
- To feel uneasy or concerned about something; be troubled.
- To seize something with the teeth and bite or tear repeatedly:
- To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:
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