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Dictionary definition: eat
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- The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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eat
/
ēt
/
•
v.
(
past
ate
/
āt
/ ;
past part.
eat·en
/
ˈētn
/ ) [
tr.
]
put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it:
he was eating a hot dog
[
intr.
]
she watched her son as he ate.
∎
have (a meal):
we ate dinner in a noisy cafe.
∎
[
intr.
] (
eat out
)
have a meal in a restaurant.
∎
[
intr.
] (
eat in
)
have a meal at home rather than in a restaurant.
∎
[
intr.
]
follow a diet of a specified kind or quality:
she was very thin, although she was eating properly now.
∎
inf.
bother; annoy:
she knew what was eating him.
∎
inf.
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