eat
take in solid food
How often you will meet it
Rank 795 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 23,121 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- take in solid food She was eating a bananaWhat did you eat for dinner last night?
- eat a meal; take a meal We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone callsI didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation
- take in food; used of animals only also: feed This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meatWhat do whales eat?
- worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way also: eat on What's eating you?
- use up (resources or materials) also: consume, eat up, use up, deplete, exhaust, run through this car consumes a lot of gasWe exhausted our savings
- cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid also: corrode, rust The acid corroded the metalThe steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink
eat in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But he could see nothing to eat anywhere, and still less to drink.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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Bernard cares not to eat, but delights only in the taste of fresh water.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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The poor boy answered, "If wild mans come they eat me, you go away."
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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In an instant he would be a cow, and then he would eat grass and satisfy his hunger.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Loudly raising his voice he said once more: “Oh, mother, why does one have to eat what the cows get?”
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1