ate

Broke the fast

Ate is the past tense of eat.

I ate breakfast at seven.

She ate the whole thing.

The word appears in idioms: What ate you? asks what's bothering someone.

To have eaten one's words is to retract a statement.

In slang, especially online, ate means performed excellently: She ate that performance.

consumed

devoured

Ate hungrily and completely

munched · nibbled · chewed · wolfed · bolted · scarfed · gobbled · chomped · gnawed · crunched

feasted

banqueted

Ate at formal gathering

celebrated · partook · savored · relished · enjoyed · gorged · splurged · treated · wined and dined · pigged out

overeating

binged

Indulged to excess

stuffed · glutton · excess · compulsive eating · second helpings · food coma · regret · guilt · too much

hunger

famished

Intensely, painfully hungry

peckish · craving · pangs · empty · growling stomach · appetite · voracious · desperate · deprived · malnourished

satiety

full

Maximum extent reached

content · replete · gorged · bloated · overfull · bursting · nourished · well-fed · had enough

Categories
Opposites
food consumption vs. non-consumption

atefasted

Refrained from eating

starved · abstained · went hungry · skipped meals · hungered

ingestion vs. expulsion

atevomited

Ejected stomach contents

regurgitated · threw up · puked · spat out · disgorged

consumption vs. provision

atefed

Gave nourishment to

served · cooked · provided · nourished · catered

Phrases
Family

beaten, eaten, uneaten, eatery, eater, eaters, eateries, overeater, overate

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G