EAT

I. verb (ate; ~en; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English eten, from Old English etan; akin to Old High German ezzan to ~, Latin edere, Greek edmenai Date: before 12th century transitive verb to take in through the mouth as food ; ingest, chew, and swallow in turn, 2. to destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by ~ing , to bear the expense of ; take a loss on , 3. to consume gradually ; corrode , to consume with vexation ; bother , to enjoy eagerly or avidly ; lap , to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on, intransitive verb to take food or a meal, to affect something by gradual destruction or consumption, ~er noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English et, from Old English ǣt; akin to Old High German āz food; derivative from the root of 1~ Date: before 12th century something to ~ ; food