eat
Take in nourishment
Eat is to take food into the body through the mouth, chew, and swallow.
The word extends to gradual consumption or destruction: rust eats metal, guilt eats at you.
To eat something is also to absorb or accept it: I'll eat the cost.
If something is eating you, it's bothering you persistently.
Eat your words means to retract a statement, usually with embarrassment.
In vulgar slang, to eat someone out is to perform oral sex.
Place serving meals
table · menu · cuisine · reservation · waiter · course · appetizer · entree
Desire for food
- hungryWanting to eat
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
craving · peckish · voracious · insatiable · fasting · empty stomach · pangs · growling
Bodily use of food
- dietCustomary food consumption
- sustenanceMeans of living
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
protein · vitamins · minerals · carbohydrates · fiber · balanced · healthy · wholesome
Iron oxide coating
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- deteriorateGrow worse over time
acid · wear away · pit · oxidize · etch · gnaw at · disintegrate · tarnish
devour
Eat greedily and fast
bite · nibble · gnaw · masticate · ingest · gobble · wolf down · scarf · munch · chomp
restaurant
Place serving meals
breakfast · table · menu · cuisine · reservation · waiter · course · appetizer · entree · dessert
appetite
Desire for food
ravenous · craving · peckish · voracious · insatiable · fasting · empty stomach · pangs · growling · feed
nutrition
Bodily use of food
- dietCustomary food consumption
- sustenanceMeans of living
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
nutrients · protein · vitamins · minerals · carbohydrates · fiber · balanced · healthy · wholesome · meal
rust
Iron oxide coating
deteriorate · acid · wear away · pit · oxidize · etch · gnaw at · disintegrate · tarnish · degrade
forage
Seek food actively
subsist · ration · edible · provision · prey · sustain · wild game · berries · roots · insects
flavor
Characteristic taste quality
bitter · sour · umami · spicy · tangy · delicious · palate · zesty · bland · appetizing
- eat upConsume entirely
- eat outMeal at a restaurant
- eating outMeals at restaurants
- all you can eatUnlimited food for fixed price
- eating upConsuming completely or enthusiastically
- eat awayGradually destroy by erosion
meat, eats, eating, reheat, eaten, uneaten, eatery, preheat, eater