eating

[ ee-ting ]

/ ˈi tɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person or thing that eats.

food with reference to its quality or tastiness when eaten: This fish is delicious eating.

adjective

good or fit to eat, especially raw (distinguished from cooking): eating apples.

used in eating: eating utensils.

Origin of eating

Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at eat, -ing¹, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM eating

un·eat·ing, adjective

Words nearby eating

eatables, eatage, eaten, eatery, eath, eating, eating disorder, eating epilepsy, eaton, eaton agent, eaton-lambert syndrome

Definition for eating (2 of 2)

eat

[ eet ]

/ it /

verb (used with object), ate [eyt; especially British et] /eɪt; especially British ɛt/ or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·en or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·ing.

to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).

to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode: The patient was eaten by disease and pain.

to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion.

to ravage or devastate: a forest eaten by fire.

to use up, especially wastefully; consume (often followed by up): Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings.

to absorb or pay for: The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs.

Slang: Vulgar. to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on.

verb (used without object), ate [eyt; especially British et] /eɪt; especially British ɛt/ or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·en or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·ing.

to consume food; take a meal: We'll eat at six o'clock.

to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion: Acid ate through the linoleum.

noun

eats, Informal. food.

Verb Phrases

eat away/into, to destroy gradually, as by erosion: For eons, the pounding waves ate away at the shoreline.

eat out, to have a meal at a restaurant rather than at home.

eat up,

to consume wholly.
to show enthusiasm for; take pleasure in: The audience ate up everything he said.
to believe without question.

Origin of eat

before 900; Middle English eten, Old English etan; cognate with German essen, Gothic itan, Latin edere

OTHER WORDS FROM eat

eat·er, noun out·eat, verb (used with object), out·ate, out·eat·en, out·eat·ing. un·der·eat, verb (used without object), un·der·ate, un·der·eat·en, un·der·eat·ing.

Example sentences from the Web for eating

Eating disorders, researchers believed, were essentially more severe forms of disordered eating.

How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models |Carrie Arnold |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
What celebrity has started to talk about his or her eating disorder?

How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models |Carrie Arnold |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Genetics alone does not an eating disorder make, generally speaking, and Bulik points out that environment still plays a role.

How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models |Carrie Arnold |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The eating disorder field remains divided over the potential efficacy of such measures.

How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models |Carrie Arnold |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST

They are becoming more aware of what eating disorders are and what they look like.

How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models |Carrie Arnold |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
He ate because his mother filled his plate; but if he had been questioned, he could scarcely have told what he was eating.

Baron Trigault's Vengeance |Emile Gaboriau
I would not go so far as the eminent professor, who insisted that eating was the greatest of all the pleasures in life.

Windfalls |(AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner
Now she would be eating in one place, and then she would walk to another.

The Peterkin Papers |Lucretia P Hale
These had ripened slowly during August and, by the time of the September town-meeting, were fit for eating.

When Life Was Young |C. A. Stephens
The night is spent in eating, drinking, smoking, singing and dancing.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) |Sir James George Frazer

British Dictionary definitions for eating (1 of 3)

eating

/ (ˈiːtɪŋ) /

noun

food, esp in relation to its quality or taste this fruit makes excellent eating

adjective

relating to or suitable for eating, esp uncooked eating pears

relating to or for eating an eating house

British Dictionary definitions for eating (2 of 3)

EAT

EAZ

abbreviation for

Tanzania (international car registration)

Word Origin for EAT

from E(ast) A(frica) T(anganyika) or E(ast) A(frica) Z(anzibar)

British Dictionary definitions for eating (3 of 3)

eat

/ (iːt) /

verb eats, eating, ate or eaten

to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing

(tr; often foll by away or up) to destroy as if by eating the damp had eaten away the woodwork

(often foll by into) to use up or waste taxes ate into his inheritance

(often foll by into or through) to make (a hole, passage, etc) by eating or gnawing rats ate through the floor

to take or have (a meal or meals) we always eat at six

(tr) to include as part of one's diet he doesn't eat fish

(tr) informal to cause to worry; make anxious what's eating you?

(tr) slang to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon

I'll eat my hat if informal I will be greatly surprised if (something happens that proves me wrong)

eat one's heart out to brood or pine with grief or longing

eat one's words to take back something said; recant; retract

eat out of someone's hand to be entirely obedient to someone

eat someone out of house and home to ruin someone, esp one's parent or one's host, by consuming all his food

Derived forms of eat

eater, noun

Word Origin for eat

Old English etan; related to Gothic itan, Old High German ezzan, Latin edere, Greek edein, Sanskrit admi

Medical definitions for eating

eat

[ ēt ]

v.

To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.

To consume, ravage, or destroy by or as if by ingesting, such as by a disease.

Idioms and Phrases with eating

eat

In addition to the idioms beginning with eat

eat and run
eat away at
eat crow
eat high off the hog
eat in
eat like a bird
eat one's cake and have it, too
eat one's hat
eat one's heart out
eat one's words
eat out
eat out of someone's hand
eat shit
eat someone alive
eat someone out
eat someone out of house and home
eat someone's ass out
eat someone's lunch
eat someone up
eat up

also see:

dog eat dog
proof of the pudding is in the eating
what's eating you

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eating

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adjective

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Definition for eating (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), ate [eyt; especially British et] /eɪt; especially British ɛt/ or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·en or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·ing.

verb (used without object), ate [eyt; especially British et] /eɪt; especially British ɛt/ or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·en or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·ing.

noun

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Example sentences from the Web for eating

British Dictionary definitions for eating (1 of 3)

noun

adjective

British Dictionary definitions for eating (2 of 3)

EAZ

abbreviation for

Word Origin for EAT

British Dictionary definitions for eating (3 of 3)

verb eats, eating, ate or eaten

Derived forms of eat

Word Origin for eat

Medical definitions for eating

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eating

noun

adjective

Origin of eating

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Definition for eating (2 of 2)

verb (used with object), ate [eyt; especially British et] /eɪt; especially British ɛt/ or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·en or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·ing.

verb (used without object), ate [eyt; especially British et] /eɪt; especially British ɛt/ or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·en or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/; eat·ing.

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Origin of eat

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Example sentences from the Web for eating

British Dictionary definitions for eating (1 of 3)

noun

adjective

British Dictionary definitions for eating (2 of 3)

EAZ

abbreviation for

Word Origin for EAT

British Dictionary definitions for eating (3 of 3)

verb eats, eating, ate or eaten

Derived forms of eat

Word Origin for eat

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v.

Idioms and Phrases with eating