Eat - English meaning

verb

(of a horse) make a noisy biting or chewing action.

Usage examples:

The sound behind him of the horses champing and snorting and the carriage creaking propelled him re…

noun

A biting or chewing action.

noun

A champion.

Usage examples:

He showed the style that was to turn him into a world champ

verb

Bite and work (food) in the mouth with the teeth, especially to make it easier to swallow.

Usage examples:

He was chewing a mouthful of toast

noun

A repeated biting or gnawing of something.

Usage examples:

The dog was enjoying a quiet chew of his bone

verb

Munch or chew noisily or vigorously.

Usage examples:

She chomped on a roll

noun

A chewing noise or action.

Usage examples:

Colorful bands on a butterfly's wing provide camouflage among leaves and flowers, of course, but th…

noun

Food.

Usage examples:

Tex-mex chow is more than melted cheese and beans

verb

Eat.

Usage examples:

He chowed down on lobster

verb

Throw (something) carelessly or casually.

Usage examples:

Someone chucked a brick through the window

noun

A throw.

Usage examples:

Needless to say, the effort of the big chuck caused me to throw coils of line all over the place, s…

noun

A playful touch under the chin.

Usage examples:

She gave him a good-natured chuck under the chin

noun

An item of food.

Usage examples:

A fridge groaning with comestibles

adjective

Edible.

Usage examples:

Sugar, coffee, and sundry other comestible requisites

noun

Things that are for eating

noun

Short for house of commons.

noun

A piece of open land for public use.

Usage examples:

We spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers

plural noun

The common people regarded as a part of a political system, especially in britain.

Usage examples:

The state was divided into clergy, nobility, and commons

verb

Eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink).

Usage examples:

People consume a good deal of sugar in drinks

verb

To use fuel, energy, or time, esp. in large amounts

Usage examples:

Weekend shopping chores consumed much of her time., they consume a lot of candy., fire had consumed…

verb

To use something such as fuel, energy, money, or time, especially in large quantities

Usage examples:

It's a province of china which consumes 180,000 tons of coal a year., this device will monitor how …

verb

Eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.

Usage examples:

He devoured half of his burger in one bite

verb

To eat eagerly and in large amounts, so that nothing is left

Usage examples:

He devoured the entire plate of spaghetti., fig. she devoured (= read eagerly and quickly) the nove…

noun

Items of food.

Usage examples:

Parcels of eatables and gifts

adjective

Fit to be consumed as food.

Usage examples:

Eatable fruits

adjective

Fit to be consumed as food.

Usage examples:

Eatable fruits

noun

The money paid for a journey on public transport.

Usage examples:

We should go to seville, but we cannot afford the air fare

verb

Perform in a specified way in a particular situation or over a particular period.

Usage examples:

The party fared badly in the elections

noun

The money that you pay for traveling on a vehicle such as a bus or train

Usage examples:

We shared a taxi and split the fare., middle eastern fare, middle-income families will fare better/…

noun

Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.

Usage examples:

We need food and water

noun

Any substance that can be metabolized by an animal

noun

Something that can be taken in by an animal and used to keep it alive and allow it to grow or develop, or such things considered as a whole

Usage examples:

[ u ] baby/cat food, [ c ] there were a lot of frozen foods in the refrigerator., [ u ] he has had …

noun

The larva of an insect, especially a beetle.

Usage examples:

My onions are ruined by small grubs eating the roots

verb

Dig or poke about in soil.

Usage examples:

The damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms

noun

Food

Usage examples:

The food was just good, greasy grub., can i grub a sandwich from you?

verb

Eat or drink (something) greedily.

Usage examples:

He would guzzle his ale

verb

To drink or eat something eagerly or in large amounts

Usage examples:

He sat in the shade, guzzling cold soda.

verb

Take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it.

Usage examples:

Lead will poison anyone if enough is ingested

verb

To take food or liquid into the stomach

Usage examples:

These mushrooms are poisonous if ingested.

noun

Any of the regular occasions in a day when a reasonably large amount of food is eaten.

Usage examples:

The evening meal

noun

An occasion when food is served or eaten, esp. breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or the food itself on such an occasion

Usage examples:

I don’t enjoy preparing three meals a day every day.

noun

An occasion when food is eaten, or the food which is eaten on such an occasion

Usage examples:

Go out/take sb out for a meal he took the whole team out for a meal at the end of the project., hav…

noun

The flesh of an animal, typically a mammal or bird, as food (the flesh of domestic fowls is sometimes distinguished as poultry ).

Usage examples:

Pieces of meat

noun

The flesh of an animal when it is used for food

Usage examples:

Get a pound of chopped meat from the supermarket on your way home.

verb

Eat (something) steadily and often audibly.

Usage examples:

Russell munched his breakfast toast

verb

To eat something with a loud chewing sound, or to snack (= eat a small amount of food between meals)

Usage examples:

[ i ] he was munching on an apple.

noun

Food.

Usage examples:

Filling the freezer with all kinds of nosh

verb

Eat food enthusiastically or greedily.

Usage examples:

You can nosh to your heart's content

noun

The food necessary for growth, health, and good condition.

Usage examples:

Tubers from which plants obtain nourishment

noun

Food that you need to grow and stay healthy

Usage examples:

Young babies obtain all the nourishment they need from their mother's milk.

noun

Nourishment; sustenance.

Usage examples:

The bees reprocess the food and extract the last particle of nutriment from it

phrasal verb

To put something into a bag or container, or to put something in the place where it is usually kept

Usage examples:

Come on, children, it's time to pack away your toys., she's tiny but she can really pack away the b…

noun

Animal fodder.

Usage examples:

To raise the prices of provender for cattle, importation has been severely curtailed

noun

The action of providing or supplying something for use.

Usage examples:

New contracts for the provision of services

verb

Supply with food, drink, or equipment, especially for a journey.

Usage examples:

Civilian contractors were responsible for provisioning these armies

noun

Something that is needed or wanted, or the act of considering the need for something and arranging for it

Usage examples:

[ u ] when designing buildings in california, you have to make some provision for earthquakes., [ c…

noun

A fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.

Usage examples:

1947 saw the bread ration reduced

verb

Allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a commodity).

Usage examples:

Petrol was so strictly rationed that bikes were always in demand

plural noun

The food given to someone at one time, esp. to soldiers

Usage examples:

He fed prisoners the same rations he fed his own troops.

verb

Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

Usage examples:

Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films

noun

An expression of scornful derision.

Usage examples:

Scoffs of disbelief

noun

Food.

Usage examples:

Ice cream was seen as suitable scoff to keep the under-tens quiet

noun

A small amount of food eaten between meals.

Usage examples:

Not many people make it through to the evening meal without a snack

verb

Eat a snack.

Usage examples:

She likes to snack on yogurt

noun

A small amount of food, esp. when eaten between meals

verb

Make (something needed or wanted) available to someone; provide.

Usage examples:

The farm supplies apples to cider makers

noun

A stock or amount of something supplied or available for use.

Usage examples:

A farm with good water supply

plural noun

Food and other ordinary goods needed by people every day

Usage examples:

On their fourth day out, the climbers began to run low on supplies.

noun

Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.

Usage examples:

Poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance

noun

Food, or the energy and other things food provides people and animals to keep them strong and healthy

Usage examples:

The ranch animals get a lot of their sustenance from grazing.

verb

Cause or allow (something, especially food or drink) to pass down the throat.

Usage examples:

She swallowed a mouthful slowly

noun

An act of swallowing something, especially food or drink.

Usage examples:

He downed his drink in one swallow

noun

A migratory swift-flying songbird with a forked tail and long pointed wings, feeding on insects in flight.

Usage examples:

The central aim of our study was to demonstrate that both natural and sexual selection have been im…

noun

A small piece of tasty food.

Usage examples:

When you are out with your puppy always have a titbit in your pocket

noun

A small piece of interesting information, or a small dish of pleasant-tasting food

Usage examples:

Our guide gave us some interesting titbits about the history of the castle., this magazine is full …

verb

Push, fold, or turn (the edges or ends of something, especially a garment or bedclothes) so as to hide or secure them.

Usage examples:

He tucked his shirt into his trousers

noun

A flattened, stitched fold in a garment or material, typically one of several parallel folds put in a garment for shortening, tightening, or decoration.

Usage examples:

A dress with tucks along the bodice

verb

Make a tuck or several folds in

noun

An item of food.

Usage examples:

An unlimited assortment of viands

noun

Items of food

Usage examples:

The table was laden with the choicest viands., there was an extensive assortment of viands availabl…

noun

Food or provisions.

Usage examples:

Turkey and other savoury victuals were served

verb

Provide with food or other stores.

Usage examples:

The ship wasn't even properly victualled

noun

Food and drink

Usage examples:

"i can't bear to see good victuals wasted," said martha., thank you for these fine victuals, my goo…

noun

Variant spelling of victual.

noun

Food and drink

Usage examples:

"i can't bear to see good victuals wasted," said martha., thank you for these fine victuals, my goo…