Eat
From Fresh Dictionary
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English
| Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg. | ||||||
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| modern | medium | ill | #842: eat | et | scene | hot |
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Etymology
Old English etan.
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Pronunciation
- Ät, /iËt/, /i:t/
- Image:Loudspeaker.png Audio (US)?, file
- Rhymes: Rhymes: -iËt
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Verb
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- (transitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
- (transitive) (colloquial) To cause (someone) to worry.
- What's eating you?
- (transitive) (idiomatic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) To take a loss in a transaction
- It's a special order, we can't send it back; if the customer won't accept it, we'll have to eat the 40 tons of steel ourselves.
- (intransitive) To eat a meal.
- What time do we eat this evening?
- Don't disturb me now - can't you see I'm eating?
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Synonyms
- (consume) consume, swallow
- (cause to worry): bother, disturb, worry
- (eat a meal): breakfast, dine, have one's breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper/tea, lunch
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Translations
consume
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colloquial: cause to worry
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eat a meal
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Derived terms
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See also
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Frisian
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Adverb
eat
es:eat fr:eat gl:eat ko:eat io:eat id:eat it:eat hu:eat pt:eat fi:eat sv:eat th:eat vi:eat uk:eat zh:eat