Synset

eat a meal; take a meal
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13

eat

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Sam and Sue %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

also see

eat in eat out eat up

semantic pointers

hypernym

have, take, consume, ingest, take in

hyponym

take out, take away victual eat in, dine in eat out, dine out dine picnic eat break bread dig in, pitch in nosh, snack mess lunch brunch breakfast feast, banquet, junket gorge, overindulge, glut, overeat, ingurgitate, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out

verb group