EAT


Meaning of EAT in English

v. Function: verb

1 to take in as food FF1C; they quickly ate a light breakfast FF1E;

Synonyms: consume, devour, feed (on), ingest, meal, partake (of), take; compare CONSUME 5

Related Words: banquet, feast, gormandize; eat up, gobble (up or down), gorge (on), ||mop (up), polish off, scoff; breakfast, dine, lunch, nosh, snack, sup; mouth, ||muckamuck; nibble, pick

Idioms: break bread, get away with, have ( or take) a bite, take nourishment, ||put on the feed bag

2

Synonyms: CONSUME 1, devour, eat up, exhaust, use up

3 to consume gradually FF1C; the acid ate the surface of the copper FF1E;

Synonyms: bite, corrode, eat away, erode, gnaw, scour, wear (away)

Related Words: nibble (away); consume, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.