Eating Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Eating

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The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.

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The act by which something is devoured.

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To escape or pass out:

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noshing

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breakfasting

The act of eating breakfast.

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The sound or action of one who munches.

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(Dated) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pastureland.

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(Drugs) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.

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gorging on

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binging

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To deplete is defined as to diminish or use up the supply of something.

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(Intransitive) To feed on; to revel in.

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Forage is defined as to feed or to search for something, especially food.

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The action of the verb to bite.

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The act or sound of one who nibbles.

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banqueting

The act of holding a banquet for a person or group

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having a snack

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doing a meal full justice

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lunching

To eat lunch

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To swallow greedily or rapidly in large amounts:

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(Intransitive) To produce excessive anxiety or worry.

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To fatigue or spend emotionally or physically:

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To eat too much or too quickly

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Eating dinner as a social function

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To feed on growing grasses and herbage.

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To break up or spoil completely; ruin

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(Informal) To eat up quickly

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having a meal

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having a bite

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taking a lunch break

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taking refreshment

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(Law) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court.

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The act of one who swallows.

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gulping down

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stuffing oneself

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Gluttony, the act of eating to excess (either to discomfort or more than required for proper health).

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gourmandise

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Excessive indulgence

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pigging-out

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(Intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.

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To destroy a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action:

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Taste is defined as to try a food or drink or to notice the flavor of something.

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The definition of ingest is to consume or absorb food or information.

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snacking

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To eat gluttonously or devour greedily.

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(Intransitive) To gnaw, consume, eat away.

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To eat into; corrode:

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Absorb means to soak up.

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To break up the quiet or serenity of; agitate (what is quiet or still)

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(Now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.

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To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:

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To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.

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To waste or squander

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Waste is defined as to destroy, wear away or use up.

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To dissolve:

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To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.

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To eat or indulge in something excessively.

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To ruminate is to think seriously or deeply about something.

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enjoying a meal

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feeding on

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dining out

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enjoying a repast

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putting on the feed bag

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The act of consuming something.

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feasting on

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eating out

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taking tea

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partaking of food

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breaking-bread

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The definition of gluttony is eating too much.

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To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something

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To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.

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To taste, sample, etc.

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To appreciate fully; enjoy or relish:

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To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.

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The definition of browse means to look at someone or something casually.

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To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.

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(Intransitive) To take a share or portion (of).

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(Informal) To consume rapidly or voraciously

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To be in a specified condition or position; get on; go through an experience

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To clear something from (the teeth) in this way

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To wear a sailing vessel

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having a coffee

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Antonyms for Eating

To adhere or conform to; keep:

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Diet means to change food intake to lose weight.

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(Intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.

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Fast means to eat little or no food.

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The definition of abstain is choosing to not do something.

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To increase in amount, force, etc.; grow or intensify

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To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

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Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.

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To vomit is to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

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To increase in volume or loudness

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Words Related to Eating

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To worry or trouble, esp. with petty annoyances; harass, pester, etc.

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To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:

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The process by which food is broken down into simple chemical compounds that can be absorbed and used as nutrients or eliminated by the body. In most animals, nutrients are obtained from food by the action of digestive enzymes. In humans and other higher vertebrates, digestion takes place mainly in the small intestine. In protists and some invertebrates, digestion occurs by phagocytosis.

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