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The definition of eat
13 Definitions of: eat
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- verb, to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing
- verb, to destroy as if by eating
- verb, to use up or waste
- verb, to make (a hole, passage, etc) by eating or gnawing
- verb, to take or have (a meal or meals)
- verb, to include as part of one's diet
- verb, to cause to worry; make anxious
- verb, slang to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon
- verb, I'll eat my hat if to be greatly surprised if (something happens that proves one wrong)
- verb, eat one's heart out to brood or pine with grief or longing
- verb, eat one's words to take back something said; recant; retract
- verb, eat out of (someone's) hand to be entirely obedient to (someone)
- verb, eat (someone) out of house and home to ruin (someone, esp one's parent or one's host) by consuming all his food ▷ See also eat out ▷ See also, eats ▷ See also, eat up
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of eat