1. eat - verb
· take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
Hypernym(s): eat, consume, ingest, take_in, take, have
2. eat - verb
· eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
Hypernym(s): consume, ingest, take_in, take, have
3. eat - verb
· take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
Synonym(s): feed
Hypernym(s): consume, ingest, take_in, take, have
4. eat - verb
· worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"
Synonym(s): eat_on
5. eat - verb
· use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
Synonym(s): consume, eat_up, use_up, deplete, exhaust, run_through, wipe_out
Hypernym(s): spend, expend, drop
6. eat - verb
· cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
Hypernym(s): damage
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