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Definitions for Eating

[1] the act of a person or thing that eats.
[2] food with reference to its quality or tastiness when eaten: This fish is delicious eating.
[3] good or fit to eat, especially raw (distinguished from cooking): eating apples.
[4] used in eating: eating utensils.
[5] to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
[6] to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode: The patient was eaten by disease and pain.
[7] to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion.
[8] to ravage or devastate: a forest eaten by fire.
[9] to use up, especially wastefully; consume (often followed by up ): Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings.
[10] to absorb or pay for: The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs.
[11] Slang : Vulgar . to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on.
[12] to consume food; take a meal: We'll eat at six o'clock.
[13] to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion: Acid ate through the linoleum.
[14] eats, Informal . food.
[15] eat away /into , to destroy gradually, as by erosion: For eons, the pounding waves ate away at the shoreline.
[16] eat out , to have a meal at a restaurant rather than at home.
[17] eat up , to consume wholly. to show enthusiasm for; take pleasure in: The audience ate up everything he said. to believe without question.
[18] food, esp in relation to its quality or taste this fruit makes excellent eating
[19] relating to or suitable for eating, esp uncooked eating pears
[20] relating to or for eating an eating house
[21] Tanzania (international car registration)
[22] to take into the mouth and swallow (food, etc), esp after biting and chewing
[23] (tr; often foll by away or up) to destroy as if by eating the damp had eaten away the woodwork
[24] (often foll by into) to use up or waste taxes ate into his inheritance
[25] (often foll by into or through ) to make (a hole, passage, etc) by eating or gnawing rats ate through the floor
[26] to take or have (a meal or meals) we always eat at six
[27] (tr) to include as part of one's diet he doesn't eat fish
[28] (tr) informal to cause to worry; make anxious what's eating you?
[29] (tr) slang to perform cunnilingus or fellatio upon
[30] I'll eat my hat if informal I will be greatly surprised if (something happens that proves me wrong)
[31] eat one's heart out to brood or pine with grief or longing
[32] eat one's words to take back something said; recant; retract
[33] eat out of someone's hand to be entirely obedient to someone
[34] eat someone out of house and home to ruin someone, esp one's parent or one's host, by consuming all his food

Words related to Eating

consumption, dining, overindulgence, biting, gluttony, munching, snacking, binging, nibbling

Words nearby Eating

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

Origin of Eating

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

Other words from Eating

un·eat·ing , adjective
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.

Word origin for Eating

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

Synonyms for Eating

chewing, consumption, dining, binging, biting, devouring, gluttony, gobbling, masticating, munching, nibbling, overindulgence, snacking, feasting on, feeding on, gorging on, gourmandization, having a meal, pigging out, stuffing oneself