eat

Meanings

Verb

• To ingest; to be ingested.
• To use up.
• To cause (someone) to worry.
• To take the loss in a transaction.
• To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
• To corrode or erode.
• To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).
• To be very good, to rule, rock

Noun

• Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

Related

Similar words

• bother#Verb, disturb#Verb, worry#Verb
• dine, breakfast#Verb, chow down, feed one's face, have one's breakfast#Noun/lunch#Noun/dinner#Noun/supper#Noun/tea, lunch#Verb

Origin

• From Middle English eten, from Old English etan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti, from *h₁ed-.
• From Middle English ete, ate, æte, from Old English ǣt, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ētą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Cognate with North Frisian ad, it, German Aas, Norwegian åt, Icelandic át.