English > eat: 6 senses > verb 1, consumptionMeaning | take in solid food. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Model | They eat more bread |
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Examples | - "She was eating a banana"
- "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
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Entails | chew, masticate, manducate, jaw | chew (food) |
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swallow, get down | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking |
Caused by | feed, give | Give food to |
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Narrower | devour, guttle, raven, pig | Eat greedily |
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eat up, finish, polish off | Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table |
fare | Eat well |
fill up, fill | Eat until one is sated |
garbage down, gobble up, shovel in, bolt down | Eat a large amount of food quickly |
gluttonize, gluttonise, fress | Eat a lot and without restraint |
gobble, bolt | Eat hastily without proper chewing |
nibble, pick, piece | Eat intermittently |
peck, pick up | Eat by pecking at, like a bird |
pick at, peck at, peck | Eat like a bird |
ruminate | chew the cuds |
slurp | Eat noisily |
wash down | Eat food accompanied by lots of liquid / liquid |
wolf, wolf down | Eat hastily |
Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
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eat | Eat a meal |
Similar to | eat | Eat a meal |
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feed, eat | take in food |
Spanish | comerse, comer, consumir, jamarse, jamar |
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Catalan | consumir, cruspir-se, jalar, menjar-se, menjar |
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Nouns | eater | any green goods that are good to eat |
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eater | someone who consumes food for nourishment |
eating | the act of consuming food |
English > eat: 6 senses > verb 2, consumptionMeaning | Eat a meal; take a meal. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
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Model | Sam and Sue eat |
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Examples | - "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"
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Entailed by | tuck in, tuck away, put away | eat up |
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wine and dine | Eat sumptuously |
Narrower | break bread | Have a meal, usually with company |
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breakfast | Eat an early morning meal |
brunch | eat a meal in the late morning |
dine | Have supper |
eat | take in solid food |
eat in, dine in | eat at home |
eat out, dine out | eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home |
feast, banquet, junket | partake in a feast / feast or banquet |
gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out | overeat or eat immodestly |
lunch | Take the midday meal |
mess | eat in a mess hall |
nosh, snack | Eat a snack |
picnic | eat alfresco, in the open air |
pitch in, dig in | Eat heartily |
take out, take away | buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food |
victual | take in nourishment |
Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
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See also | eat in | eat at home |
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eat out | eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home |
eat up | finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table |
Similar to | eat | take in solid food |
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Spanish | comer, consumir, jamar |
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Catalan | consumir, cruspir-se, jalar, menjar-se, menjar |
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Nouns | eater | someone who consumes food for nourishment |
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eating | the act of consuming food |
English > eat: 6 senses > verb 3, consumptionMeaning | take in food; used of animals only. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
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Model | The animals eat |
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Examples | - "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"
- "What do whales eat?"
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Synonym | feed |
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Narrower | crop, browse, graze, range, pasture | feed as in a meadow or pasture |
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forage | wander and feed |
raven | feed greedily |
suckle | suck milk from the mother's breasts |
Broader | consume, ingest, take in, take, have | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
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Similar to | eat | take in solid food |
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Spanish | alimentarse, alimentar, comer, consumir |
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Catalan | alimentar, consumir, cruspir-se, jalar, menjar-se, menjar |
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Nouns | eating | the act of consuming food |
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