eating

Examples

• All

• In just a week of hard work, good eating, and no drinking, Milton had lost weight.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The same question was asked again regarding the frequency of eating or drinking vegetables.

  Academic text (2011)

• Hey, read the sign: "No eating in the pool."

  School for Scoundrels (2006)

• Can you build muscle while eating only plants?

• Such statistics suggest a gap between common eating habits and right reason.

  Academic text (2008)

• And I fully endorse eating local with the seasons.

• No eating until everyone's seated.

  Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

• First-year teachers should also pay close attention to proper eating habits and exercise.

  Academic text (1990)

• As a result, migrants' eating habits remained remarkably consistent with their rural Southern roots.

  Academic text (1999)

• The doctor advised me to keep a diary of my eating habits.

Synonyms

C

consumption

vseating

280 3.9

To use, eat, or drink something

is limited to taking food into the body rather than general use

I

intake

vseating

69 3.0

How much food and drink a person eats or drinks

is only about food and excludes drink

I

ingestion

vseating

14 4.1

Taking food or drink into the body through the mouth

is focused on food only, not on other substances

Idioms

W

what's eating at you

• Informal

1 7.9

To ask what is bothering someone

Compounds

E

eating disorder

• Specialized

48 3.7

A health condition where a person has unhealthy eating habits, like anorexia or bulimia

H

healthy eating

16 2.5

Eating different foods in the right amounts to keep your body well

F

flesh-eating

• NSFW

16 7.5

An infection that quickly destroys body tissue

M

meat-eating

7 2.1

An animal that eats other animals for food

F

flesh-eating

6 6.1

An animal that eats the meat of other animals

S

shit-eating grin

• Offensive

3 9.9

A smug, annoying smile that shows someone is pleased with themselves

E

eating utensil

3 1.0

A tool like a fork, knife or spoon that you use to cut and eat food

P

plant-eating

1 3.5

Eating mainly plants

M

man-eating shark

1 4.9

A large shark that sometimes attacks and eats people

E

eating place

• Archaic

1 1.0

A place where people go to eat, like a restaurant or cafe

E

eating house

• Archaic

1 1.6

A place where people buy and eat meals, like a restaurant or café

E

eating apple

1 1.0

A type of apple that you eat raw

C

cheese-eating surrender monkey

• Slur

1 9.9

A rude, insulting name for people from France that calls them cowardly

G

grass-eating

1 3.1

An animal that eats grass

F

fruit-eating

1 2.5

An animal that eats mostly fruit

C

crab-eating fox

• US

1 9.4

A wild animal like a small dog from northern South America that eats crabs and small animals

C

crab-eating macaque

• Philippine

1 8.2

A monkey from Southeast Asia that often eats crabs and lives near rivers

C

crab-eating raccoon

• US

1 8.6

Small wild animal that lives near water and eats crabs and other small water animals

B

binge-eating syndrome

• Specialized

5.6

A problem where a person eats a lot of food in a short time and then feels guilty

C

crab-eating dog

• US

9.4

A wild dog that eats crabs and other water animals

C

crab-eating opossum

• US

8.4

A small South American mammal that lives near water and eats crabs

C

crab-eating seal

6.7

A silvery grey seal from Antarctica that eats mainly small sea animals with shells

E

eating away

4.9

Slow wearing away of something by natural forces or repeated harm

How Much

devouring

2 6.7

eating

401 1.0

to snack

36 1.0

to nibble

55 2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology