English verb: eat | |||
1. | eat (consumption) take in solid food | ||
Samples | She was eating a banana. What did you eat for dinner last night?. | ||
Examples | They eat more bread | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consume, eat, have, ingest, take, take in | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bolt, bolt down, consume, devour, devour, dig in, dip, down, dunk, eat up, fare, fill, fill up, finish, fress, garbage down, gluttonise, gluttonize, go through, gobble, gobble up, guttle, nibble, peck, peck, peck at, pick, pick at, pick up, piece, pig, pitch in, polish off, raven, ruminate, shovel in, slurp, wash down, wolf, wolf down | ||
Entail | chew, get down, jaw, manducate, masticate, swallow | ||
Verb group | eat, eat, feed | ||
2. | eat (consumption) eat a meal; take a meal | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Examples | Sam and Sue eat | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consume, have, ingest, take, take in | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | banquet, binge, break bread, breakfast, brunch, dine, dine in, dine out, eat, eat in, eat out, englut, engorge, feast, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, junket, lunch, mess, nosh, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, picnic, pig out, satiate, scarf out, snack, stuff, take away, take out, victual | ||
Verb group | eat | ||
3. | eat (consumption) take in food; used of animals only | ||
Samples | This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat. What do whales eat?. | ||
Examples | The animals eat | ||
Synonyms | feed | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consume, have, ingest, take, take in | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | browse, crop, forage, graze, pasture, range, raven, suckle | ||
Verb group | eat | ||
4. | eat (emotion) worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way | ||
Samples | What's eating you?. | ||
Examples | The bad news will eat him | ||
Synonyms | eat on | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vex, worry | ||
5. | eat (consumption) use up (resources or materials) | ||
Samples | This car consumes a lot of gas. We exhausted our savings. They run through 20 bottles of wine a week. | ||
Examples | They eat more bread | ||
Synonyms | consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drop, expend, spend | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | burn, burn off, burn up, drain, exhaust, indulge, luxuriate, play out, run down, run out, sap, spend, tire | ||
Verb group | occupy, take, use up | ||
6. | eat (change) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | ||
Samples | The acid corroded the metal. The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink. | ||
Synonyms | corrode, rust | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | damage | ||
Verb group | corrode, rust | ||