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How to pronounce eat in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms feed
Type of have, take, ingest, take in, consume
Has types pasture, browse, crop, forage, graze, range, raven, suckle
Derivation eating


This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat.
What do whales eat?.
Type Words
Synonyms consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
Type of spend, expend, drop
Has types tire, drain, spend, exhaust, burn, indulge, run down, run out, sap, play out, burn up, burn off, luxuriate
Verb group occupy, take, use up
Type Words
Synonyms eat on
Type of worry, vex


What's eating you?.
Type Words
Synonyms corrode, rust
Type of damage
Verb group corrode, rust
Type Words
Type of take in, have, consume, take, ingest
Has types take away, victual, stuff, dig in, dine, dine in, dine out, snack, scarf out, satiate, feast, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, break bread, breakfast, binge, brunch, mess, lunch, take out, junket, ingurgitate, glut, pitch in, pig out, eat in, eat out, picnic, englut, engorge, banquet, overindulge, overgorge, gourmandize, overeat, nosh
Derivation eating, eater


We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls.
I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation.
Type Words
Type of take in, have, ingest, take, consume
Has types pick, pick at, pick up, eat up, piece, pig, gobble, gluttonize, gluttonise, garbage down, fress, finish, fill up, nibble, fill, fare, peck, peck at, polish off, wolf, raven, wolf down, ruminate, shovel in, slurp, devour, bolt down, bolt, gobble up, wash down, guttle
Verb group feed
Derivation eater, eating


She was eating a banana.
What did you eat for dinner last night?.

Examples of eat

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Of course, customers don't have to wait until April to eat ripe California kiwi.
From the stltoday.com
She stays for lunch and students may eat lunch with her in the school cafeteria.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Emma and Jacob had set the table for us all to sit down and eat when we arrived.
From the thenewstribune.com
The easiest way to keep your energy up at work is to eat regularly and eat well.
From the forbes.com
Better yet, grow plants in your garden that offer things that birds like to eat.
From the sacbee.com
I'm pretty light for the 219 class, I'm only about 214 so I can eat what I want.
From the news-journalonline.com
Drinking 16 ounces, or two glasses, of water before meals may help you eat less.
From the usatoday.com
We try to eat healthily and like to stay away from preservatives and pesticides.
From the dailyherald.com
Eat it plain or replace sausage and pepperoni with vegetables or Canadian bacon.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What 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 calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
  • Feed: take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
  • Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"
  • Consume: use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
  • Corrode: cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
  • EAT. (also known as EAT. Cafe) is a chain of sandwich shops with over 90 branches in the UK, the majority in London, with others in Birmingham, Brighton, Cambridge, Canterbury, London Heathrow Airport (Terminal 3 and 5), Gatwick Airport, Leicester, Manchester, Windsor, Oxford and Edinburgh.
  • Eat were a British alternative rock band who were active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They released two albums on The Cure's label Fiction. Although achieving reasonable success in the UK, the band failed to attract attention in the United States.
  • Eat (1963) is a 45-minute American film created by Andy Warhol.