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eat as in take in solid food
- “She was eating a banana“
- “What did you eat for dinner last night?“
eat as in 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“
eat as in take in food
- “used of animals only“
- “This dog doesn’t eat certain kinds of meat“
- “What do whales eat?“
Synonyms
- feed food for domestic livestock ; provide as food; give food to; feed into; introduce continuously; support or promote; take in food; serve as food for; move along, of liquids; profit from in an exploitatory manner; gratify; provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
eat as in worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
- “What’s eating you?“
Synonyms
- eat on worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
eat as in 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“
Synonyms
- consume eat up completely, as with great appetite; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; spend extravagantly; destroy completely; use up (resources or materials); engage fully
- eat up finish eating all the food on one’s plate or on the table; use up (resources or materials); enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
- use up use up (resources or materials); require (time or space)
- deplete use up (resources or materials)
- exhaust gases ejected from an engine as waste products ; system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged ; wear out completely; use up (resources or materials); deplete; use up the whole supply of; eliminate (a substance)
- run through apply thoroughly; use up (resources or materials)
- wipe out use up (resources or materials); kill in large numbers; eliminate completely and without a trace; remove from memory or existence; mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; wipe out the effect of something
eat as in 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“
Synonyms
- corrode cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
- rust of the brown color of rust ; become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; become coated with oxide ; a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture ; a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water ; any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants