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(v)
(ambitransitive) To consume completely.
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(transitive) To eat.
(transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
(transitive) To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
(transitive, literally, figuratively) To use up; to deplete, drain or expend wholly, or use until the supply comes to an end.
(intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
(of a resource) To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.
(transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
(transitive, idiomatic) To summarise briefly.
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
(n)
The act of eating, drinking or using.
(transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
(slang, intransitive, usually with on) To eat a snack or light meal.
To nourish or nurse.
(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
To eat a light meal.
(slang, South Africa) To eat.
(transitive) To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
(uncountable) The act or process of giving food.
(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.
(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
To eat supper.
(intransitive) To partake in a feast, or large meal.
(intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
(transitive) To cut into slices.
(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
(intransitive) To eat dinner.
(adj)
(formal) Good for drinking without fear of waterborne disease or poisoning.
(intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
The time when supper takes place.
(transitive) To defile or taint.
Eating dinner as a social function.
(intransitive) To eat a dinner; to dine.
To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.
(intransitive) To eat lunch.
(transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
the foot of a human
Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
(uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
(ambitransitive) To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
(transitive) To impale on a spit; to pierce with a sharp object.
To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
(transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.
(transitive) To spread butter on.
A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
(transitive) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with food or other matter which increases weight and promotes health.
The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
(transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
consumption; the process by which something is consumed
(intransitive) To drink tea.
(slang, transitive) To apply a tattoo.
Confectionery, candy.
(transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.
A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude.
(intransitive) To act as a predator.
(acting) To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
(intransitive) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain does.
(transitive) To complete (something).
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
One who arrives.
To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
(ambitransitive, colloquial) Used as a placeholder verb for any verb out of a set of related verbs.
To utilize or employ.
(usually countable, usually in the plural) That which refreshes, such as a light snack or drink.
(transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
(transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
(transitive) To possess, own.
(colloquial) Designates an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
(rare, transitive) To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.
(computing) Initialism of application enrollment token.
A major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
(N)
"Sandwiches" is a song by American electronic band Detroit Grand Pubahs.
Anything that is used to fill something.
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
To eat vigorously or with excitement.
(transitive) To take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, of (something).
(formal) To take part in an activity; to participate. [with in]
(intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
(countable) Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
The act of animals feeding from pasture.
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.
A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.