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to eat

to eat

1.0
Put food or drink into your mouth, chew it and swallow it
  • verb
  • /it/
translation icon : comer
  • Just going up to the drugstore to get something to eat.
  • eat food
  • eat meat
  • eat lunch

It's time to go home and eat and edit.

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Examples

  • The next step is to eat whole, real foods.

  • Now we are going to eat a smash burger.

  • You are learning to walk, eat, run and talk.

  • You guys always eat in the kitchen anyway.

  • We might as well just eat, right?

  • You can eat with her.

  • We are going to eat our tuna balls.

  • The materials centered around seven healthy messages: eat more fruits and vegetables, drink more.

    Academic text (2013)
  • You know, mister, I don't think you get enough to eat.

  • She loves to eat fruits and vegetables every day for better health.

Synonyms

to have
vsto eat
1.0

To eat or drink as part of a meal

refers to the physical sequence of putting food in the mouth and swallowing
to feed
vsto eat
426 1.0

To eat food, especially for animals

is the general process of putting food into the mouth and swallowing
to swallow
vsto eat
295 1.0

To make food or drink move from the mouth into the stomach

is the full mouth chewing and swallowing process, not only the throat movement
to consume
vsto eat
149 2.4

To eat or drink something

is the basic act of putting food into the mouth and swallowing after chewing
to pick
vsto eat
116 3.6

To eat small amounts and not finish a meal

is the complete mouth chewing and swallowing process rather than piecemeal snacking
to dine
vsto eat
  • Formal
100 1.3

To eat the main meal of the day, often with other people

is the basic mouth chewing and swallowing action, not limited to dinner
to feed on
vsto eat
69 2.9

To eat something or get strength and ideas from it

is the simple act of putting food in the mouth and swallowing, not sustained dependence
to ingest
vsto eat
68 3.6

To eat or drink something so it goes into your body

describes the everyday act of putting food in the mouth and chewing
to nibble
vsto eat
56 2.0

To eat small, gentle bites slowly or a little at a time

is the full mouth chewing and swallowing action rather than small gentle bites
to take a bite
vsto eat
49 1.4

To eat a small piece of food or reduce something a little

is the continuous mouth chewing and swallowing action, not a tiny taste
to chomp
vsto eat
31 4.0

To bite or chew food loudly with big jaw movements

is the overall mouth chewing and swallowing process rather than forceful jaw noise
to chow
vsto eat
  • Informal
26 8.0

To eat food quickly and eagerly

is the neutral physical act of putting food in the mouth and swallowing
to gobble up
vsto eat
  • Informal
19 3.0

To eat something quickly and eagerly

is the basic act of putting food into the mouth and swallowing, not rapid eagerness
to have a bite
vsto eat
17 1.8

Eat a small amount of food as a quick snack

is the basic mouth chewing and swallowing action rather than a light snack
to gobble
vsto eat
16 2.6

To eat food quickly and noisily without chewing properly

is the ordinary mouth chewing and swallowing done with normal care rather than noisy haste
to munch on
vsto eat
  • Informal
14 2.9

To eat something while chewing loudly and enjoying it

is the basic mouth chewing and swallowing action, not noisy continuous chewing
to devour
vsto eat
13 2.9

To eat food quickly because you are very hungry

is the simple mouth chewing and swallowing action without extreme eagerness
to partake
vsto eat
  • Formal
13 6.5

To eat or drink with other people at a meal

is the act of putting food in the mouth and swallowing, not group sharing
to gorge
vsto eat
12 5.9

To eat a very large amount of food greedily

is the ordinary mouth chewing and swallowing action without greedy overconsumption
to take in
vsto eat
8 2.5

Eat or drink something

is the simple act of putting food into the mouth and swallowing
to eat up
vsto eat
5 2.8

Completely swallow something like land or light

is the basic mouth chewing and swallowing action rather than a figurative total use
to graze
vsto eat
5 3.8

Eat small amounts of food during the day instead of a full meal

is the single act of putting food into the mouth and swallowing, not continuous snacking
to tuck in
vsto eat
  • UK
2 4.0

To eat a lot of food eagerly

is the simple mouth chewing and swallowing action without special eagerness or excess
to masticate
vsto eat
2 7.9

To chew food by biting and grinding it with the teeth

is the full sequence including putting food into the mouth and swallowing, not only chewing
to ingurgitate
vsto eat
  • Formal
1 9.9

To eat a lot of food very quickly

is the normal mouth chewing and swallowing action without immoderate excess
to browse
vsto eat
1 3.9

To eat small amounts of different foods instead of a full meal

is the whole mouth chewing and swallowing act, not merely light sampling
to nom
vsto eat
  • Slang
9.9

To eat something quickly and enjoy it

is the non-slang act of putting food into the mouth and swallowing
to englut
vsto eat
  • Archaic
9.9

To eat too much food in a greedy way

is the ordinary mouth chewing and swallowing action without excessive greed

Antonyms

328 1.7

To be very hungry and possibly die from no food

58 4.6

To not eat or drink for a time

Idioms

to eat shit
  • Offensive
8 9.9

Tell someone in a rude way to go away or warn they will be badly embarrassed

5 3.9

So pretty it looks like you could eat it

to eat like a pig
  • Offensive
5 7.8

To eat in a very messy and greedy way

Defeat someone easily without much effort

to eat crow
  • Informal
4 8.9

To admit you were wrong and feel embarrassed

3 4.9

To eat a very large amount of food

to eat dirt
  • Informal
2 8.9

To admit you are wrong and accept feeling ashamed, often unwillingly

1 8.4

Beat someone easily to show you are much better

1 9.9

Avoid mixing your personal life with your work life because it causes problems

1 6.0

To eat only a very small amount of food

to eat their own
  • Literature
1 9.5

To turn against people in your own group

eat my shorts
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Tell someone you strongly refuse or do not believe them as a joke

1 8.6

To feel very jealous or sad because someone else has what you want

1 7.9

To admit you are wrong and feel embarrassed

to eat lead
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To be shot at with bullets

to eat their young
  • Literature
1 9.9

To harm or betray people in your own group to help yourself

1 9.9

To cause trouble by acting badly where you work or live

to eat my lunch
  • Informal
1 9.0

To beat someone and gain an advantage over them in competition

1 8.6

To eat food to feel better when you are sad or stressed

Use a company's own products to show they work and learn from them

1 8.2

Enjoy something a lot, like a show or tasty food

1 8.6

To beat someone in business by taking their customers and sales

8.3

Very hungry and wanting to eat a lot

To finish a very large task by doing small easy steps

9.9

To say as a joke that you will kill yourself because you feel very frustrated

to eat one's hat
  • Informal
9.1

To say you are very sure something will not happen and would do something silly if it did

to eat his gun
  • Offensive
9.9

To say you want to kill yourself to show you feel very desperate, often offensive

Use saved resources now in a way that harms future success

6.6

To admit you were wrong and take back what you said

To eat so much at someone's home that they have almost no food left

to eat Wheaties
  • Informal
9.9

To feel full of energy and ready to do a big task

7.4

To be left far behind by someone in a race or game

To speak angrily to someone and criticize them

to eat the mic
  • Informal
8.9

To speak or sing into a microphone with strong confidence and energy to make the audience pay attention

to eat the onion
  • Informal
9.6

To face a difficult or unpleasant problem without avoiding it

eat the rich
  • Informal
9.8

A chant people use to protest the rich and call for sharing wealth, often in a joking way

A floor so clean you could eat from it

A joking phrase that shows old ideas about how men should act

Phrasal Verbs

35 1.3

To have a meal at a restaurant instead of at home

31 1.1

Have a meal at home instead of going to a restaurant

to eat away at
  • Informal
25 4.4

To damage something slowly over time, for example a building or a person's confidence

to eat up
  • Informal
23 3.1

Use up money or time quickly

To choose foods that keep your body healthy

17 4.1

Slowly damages metal, rock and someone's confidence by chemicals or steady pressure

16 1.0

Finish all the food on your plate

to eat at
  • Informal
14 7.1

Gradually make someone feel worse or less confident

7 4.5

Slowly wears away rock and soil by wind or water

6 4.9

So clean that you can eat from it without worrying about dirt or germs

To eat more food because you are pregnant and need to feed your baby too

5 2.8

Completely swallow something like land or light

2 6.8

To make someone feel more and more upset or angry inside

To betray or harm members of the same group, often during internal fighting

to eat on
  • Informal
9.1

To worry someone for a long time

Compounds

bite to eat
  • Informal
37 1.8

A small quick meal or snack

8 2.8

Food prepared in advance that you can eat without cooking

1 2.7

A low-cost meal from a restaurant, cafe, or food stall

How Much

to gorge
12 5.9
to devour
53 3.9
to eat
1.0
to nibble
56 2.0

Surface Forms

eat infinitive
eating present participle
eats third person singular
ate past
eaten past participle

Etymology

Eat comes from an old English and old German word that meant 'take food'. It is like German essen, and that original idea of putting food in your mouth and swallowing is why eat means to have a meal today.