eat in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
eat in Sindhi سنڌي
eat in English
- eat⇄eat, verb, ate,eaten,eating,noun.
- eat⇄expr. eat crow. See under crow (1).
- eat⇄expr. eat one's heart out. See under heart.
- eat⇄expr. eat one's words. See under word.
- eat⇄expr. eat out of one's hand. See under hand.
- eat⇄expr. eat out, to eat at a restaurant; eat away from home; dine out.
Ex. Let's eat out tonight instead of cooking a meal at home. - eat⇄expr. eat up,
a. to eat all of.
Ex. Eat up your spinach and then you may have dessert.
b. (Figurative:)
Ex. Extravagant spending ate up his savings.
c. (Informal.) to receive eagerly or greedily.
Ex. She is eating u - eat⇄noun eater.
- eat⇄noun eats, (U.S. Slang.) food.
Ex. They smiled and smiled, they dandled babies, they staged fiestas with free eats (Harper's). - eat⇄v.i. 1. to have a meal.
Ex. Where shall we eat?
2. (Figurative.) to make a way, as if by gnawing or corrosion.
Ex. The sea has eaten into the north shore. - eat⇄v.t. 1. to chew and swallow (food).
Ex. Cows eat grass and grain.
2. to gnaw or devour.
Ex. Termites have eaten the posts and ruined the fence.
3. (Figurative.) to destroy as if by eating; wear away; corrode.
Ex. This acid