| Eat 1. (p. p.) of Eat. 2. (p. p.) of Eat. 3. (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread. 4. (v. t.) To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear. 5. (v. i.) To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board. 6. (v. i.) To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef. 7. (v. i.) To make one's way slowly. Thesaurus Entries ablate, absorb, assimilate, bite, bleed white, break bread, burn up, canker, consume, corrode, count calories, deplete, devour, diet, digest, disregard, dissolve, down, drain, drain of resources, drink, eat away, eat into, eat out, eat up, engorge, engulf, erode, etch, exhaust, expend, fall to, fare, feed, feed on, finish, finish off, gnaw, gobble, gobble up, gulp, gulp down, hunger, ignore, imbibe, impoverish, ingest, ingurgitate, meal, nibble away, oxidize, partake, partake of, pitch in, pocket, pocket the affront, relish, rust, savor, spend, squander, stomach, suck dry, swallow, swallow an insult, swallow up, swill, swill down, take, taste, turn aside provocation, use up, waste away, wear away, wolf down |