Dictionary definition: eat

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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