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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englisheten, fromOld Englishetan(“to eat”), fromProto-West Germanic*etan, fromProto-Germanic*etaną(“to eat”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁édti, from*h₁ed-(“to eat”).

Cognates

Cognate withScotsait(“to eat”),Yolaayth,eight(“to eat”),North Frisianiidj,iit,ää'e,ääre,ääse(“to eat”),Saterland Frisianiete,íete(“to eat”),West Frisianite(“to eat”),Alemannic Germanasse,assu,essen,ässe,ässä(“to eat”),Bavarianeisn,essn,èssn(“to eat”),Cimbrianèssan,èzzan(“to eat”),Dutch,Low Germaneten(“to eat”),Germanessen(“to eat”),Luxembourgishiessen(“to eat”),Mòchenoèssn(“to eat”),Vilamovianaosa(“to eat”),Yiddishעסן(esn,“to eat”),Danishæde(“to eat”),Elfdalianjätå(“to eat”),Faroeseeta(“to eat”),Icelandiceta,éta(“to eat”),Norwegian Bokmålete(“to eat”),Norwegian Nynorsketa,ete,åtå(“to eat”),Swedishäta(“to eat”),Gothic𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽(itan,“to eat”).

Verb

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eat (third-person singular simple presenteats,present participleeating,simple pastateor(dialectal)etor(obsolete)eat,past participleeatenor(dialectal)ettenor(nonstandard)ate)

  1. Toingest; to be ingested.
    1. (ambitransitive) Toconsume (somethingsolid orsemi-solid, usuallyfood) by putting it into themouth andswallowing it.
      Synonyms:consume,swallow;see alsoThesaurus:eat
      He'seating an apple. / Don't disturb me now; can't you see that I'meating?
      • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,1 Corinthians8:8, column 2:
        But meate commendeth vs not to God: for neither if weeate, are we the better: neither if weeeate not, are we the woꝛſe.
      • 1892,Walter Besant, chapter II, inThe Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, […],→OCLC:
        At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do noteat parchment or foolscap orred tape, but theyeat the luncheon crumbs.
      • 1959,Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, inThe Unknown Ajax:
        But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he hadeaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
      • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:
        Shepard: Everyone on this station is chafing under Anoleis' extortion. You might end up a hero.
        Lorik Qui'in: My employers rely on the goodwill of the Executive Board to work here.
        Wrex: If these "executives" don't blame Anoleis for provoking this, they're fools. You shouldeat them.
    3. (intransitive) To consume ameal.
      Synonyms:dine,chow down,feed one's face
      Hyponyms:breakfast,have one'sdinner/supper/etc,lunch
      What time do weeat this evening?
    4. (intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.
      It's a soup thateats like a meal.
      • 1852,The New Monthly Magazine, page310:
        I don't know any quarter in England where you get such undeniable mutton—mutton thateats like mutton, instead of the nasty watery, stringy, turnipy stuff, neither mutton nor lamb, that other countries are inundated with.
      • 1863,J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In Which the Minstrelsy Proceeds”, inThe House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London:Tinsley, Brothers, […],→OCLC,page73:
        [D]ish him with thlitheth of orangeth, barberrieth, grapeth, goothberrieth, and butter; and you will find that heeaths deliciouthly either with farced pain or gammon pain.
        [D]ish him[the fish] with slices of oranges, barberries, grapes, gooseberries, and butter; and you will find that heeats deliriously either with farced pain or gammon pain.
    5. (copulative, intransitive) To have a particularquality ofdiet; to bewell-fed orunderfed (typically as "eathealthy" or "eatgood").
  2. Touse up.
    1. (transitive, often withup) Todestroy,consume, oruse up.
      This project iseating up all the money.
    2. (transitive, programming, informal) Toconsume (anexception, anevent, etc.) so that other parts of the program do notreceive it.
      • 2005, Wallace B. McClure, Gregory A. Beamer, John J. Croft IV,Professional ADO.NET 2, page246:
        A bigger problem, however, is that if you catch/eat an exception and do nothing with it, you are very likely introducing subtle bugs in your application that will be next to impossible to track down.
    3. (transitive, informal, of a device) Todamage,destroy, orfail toeject aremovablepart or aninsertedobject.
      The VHS recorder justate the tape and won't spit it out.
      John is late for the meeting because the photocopierate his report.
    4. (transitive, informal, of a vending machine or similar device) Toconsumemoney (or otherinstruments ofvalue, such as atoken)deposited orinserted by auser, whilefailing to eitherprovide the intendedproduct orservice orreturn thepayment.
      The video game in the corner justate my quarter.
  3. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) toworry.
    Synonyms:bother,disturb,worry
    What'seating you?
  4. (transitive, business) To take theloss in atransaction.
    • 1988,George Gallo,Midnight Run (movie)
      I have to have him in court tomorrow, if he doesn't show up, I forfeit the bond and I have toeat the $300,000.
    • 1999, Ronald S. Beitman,Liquor Liability: A Primer for Winning Your Case, page27:
      The server made an error when taking the order. The bartender prepared two scorpion bowls. When the error was realized the bartender was faced with having to "eat" the extra scorpion bowl[…]
    • 2011, Lorenzo Carver,Venture Capital Valuation:
      When they were doing it with the valuation professionals, they were billing the client, but the valuation professional in a lot of those early cases had toeat the cost of showing the auditor how the auditors' test model was incorrect.
  5. (transitive, slang) To beinjured orkilled by (something such as afirearm or itsprojectile), especially in themouth.
    • 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman,The Big Sleep (screenplay)
      I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops and Eddie Mars' gang. I dodge bullets andeat saps.
    • 1991, Stephen King,Needful Things:
      And, of course, there was Brian Rusk, who hadeaten a bullet at the ripe old age of eleven.
    • 1997, A. A. Gill, "Diary" (inThe Spectator, 1 November 1997):
      Friends are only necessary in the ghastly country, where you have to have them, along with rubber boots and a barometer and secateurs, to put off bucolic idiocy, a wet brain, oreating the 12-bore.
    • 2012, Kaya McLaren,How I Came to Sparkle Again: A Novel, St. Martin's Press,→ISBN:
      Mike had been to other calls where someone hadeaten a gun. He knew to expect teeth embedded in the ceiling and brains dripping off it.
    • 2017, Edward W. Robertson,Stardust, Edward W. Robertson:
      The animal was sweating and scared and MacAdams was surprised when they finished up without either of themeating a kick.
    • 2018, Daniel Tomazic,Of Bullies and Men: Young Adult Fiction,→ISBN, page18:
      There was a resounding smacking noise and Georgy was sure Philip had justeaten a fist.
  6. (ambitransitive) Tocorrode orerode.
    The acid rainate away the statue.  The strong acideats through the metal.
  7. (transitive, slang) To performoral sex (on a person or body part).
    Synonyms:eat out;see alsoThesaurus:oral sex
    Eat me!
    Iate his ass.
    Yeah,eat that dick /eat that pussy.
  9. (stative, slang) To be verygood; torule, toslay.
    Synonyms:devour,eat and leave no crumbs,bang,rock,slap;see alsoThesaurus:excel
    Youate that performance!
    This songeats!
    • 2024 June 21, Jason P. Frank, “Who Else Needs to Work It Out on a Remix?”, inVulture‎[1]:
      Lorde andCharli XCX confronted each other via song like some kind of alt-pop musical-theater number, and itate. “The girl, so confusing version with lorde,” like all the best pop music, features multiple moments that burrow into your brain and refuse to leave, giving you no other choice but to simply relisten to the track.
  10. (transitive, slang) Toannex.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofeat
infinitive(to)eat
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingulareatate,et1,eat†
2nd-personsingulareat,eatest†ate,et1,eat†,atest†
3rd-personsingulareats,eateth†ate,et1,eat†
pluraleat
subjunctiveeatate,et1,eat†
imperativeeat—
participleseatingeaten,etten1,eat†

†Archaic orobsolete. 1 Dialectal.

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Terms derived fromeat (verb)
Related terms
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Translations
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to ingest—see alsoconsume,‎ingest
colloquial: cause to worry
eat a meal
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishete,ate,æte, fromOld Englishǣt(“food, eating”), fromProto-West Germanic*āt, fromProto-Germanic*ētą(“food, thing to eat”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁ed-(“to eat”). Cognate withWest Frisianiten(“food”),Saterland FrisianÍeten(“food”),GermanAas(“carrion”),Vilamovianaosa(“food”),Icelandicát(“eating; solid food”).

Noun

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eat (pluraleats)

  1. (colloquial) Something to be eaten; ameal; afood item.
    • 2011, William Chitty, Nigel Barker, Michael Valos,Integrated Marketing Communications, page167:
      Eating a Picnic creates a flurry of wafer pieces, flying peanuts and chocolate crumbs.[…] As well as being messy, Picnic happens to be a bigeat – something of a consumption challenge in fact.

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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eat

  1. third-personsingularpresentactivesubjunctive ofeō

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino)IPA(key): /ˈea̯h(t)/

Verb

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eat

  1. first-personpluralpresent ofii

West Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianāwet,āet, fromā(“always, ever”) +*wiht(“thing, creature”) (fromProto-West Germanic*wihti). CompareEnglishowt,aught.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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eat

  1. something,anything
    Antonym:neat

Further reading

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  • “eat”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011
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