Another word for eat
eat
v.
To take as food
consume, devour, bite, chew, swallow, dine, feed, feed on, have a meal, enjoy a meal, lunch, breakfast, sup, snack, munch, nibble, gobble, gorge, stuff oneself, eat out, dine out, have a bite, feast on, fatten on, do justice to, do oneself proud, dispose of, peck at, pick, eat up, digest, masticate, ruminate, graze, browse, dispatch, feast, banquet, batten, discuss, partake of, fare, bolt, wolf down, gulp, fall to, tuck into, tuck away, break bread, live on, take in, have, ingest, taste, try, savor, gormandize, glut, overeat, cram, pack away*, put away*, polish off*, make short work of*, attack*, dig in*, make a pig of oneself*, eat out of house and home*, entertain the inner man*, feed the inner man*, ply a good knife and fork*, eat like a bird*, nosh*, put on the feed bag*, pig out*, stuff one's face*, feed one's face*, chow down*, scarf down*, inhale*, lick the plate*.
To reduce gradually
eat away, corrode, consume, devour, wear away, erode, gnaw, rust away, destroy, ravage, dissolve, melt, eat up, use up, waste, dissipate, squander, drain, putter away, fool away, run through.
*To bother
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Another word for eat
To take (food) into the body as nourishment:
consume, devour, fare, ingest, partake. (Slang) chow. Idioms: break bread, have (or take) a bite. See ingestionTo do away with completely and destructively.
Also used with up: consume, devour, swallow (up), waste. See helpTo consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction:
bite, corrode, erode, gnaw, wear, wear away. See attack
To eat completely or entirely:
consume, devour, dispatch. (Informal) polish off, put away. See ingestionTo use all of:
consume, drain, draw down, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up. (Informal) polish off. See increaseTo be avidly interested in:
devour, feast on, relish. See concern- (Slang)
To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively:
adore, delight (in), dote on (or upon), love. (Slang) groove on. See like, love
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