Word

eat, v.
(ate, eaten, eating, eats)
freq. cnt. 78

take in solid food
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 61 freq. cnt.: 61

eat

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They %s more bread

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

eating eater eater

semantic pointers

hypernym

have, take, consume, ingest, take in eat

verb group

eat eat, feed

hyponym

wash down gluttonize, gluttonise, fress wolf, wolf down slurp fare pick at, peck at, peck peck, pick up gobble, bolt garbage down, gobble up, shovel in, bolt down nibble, pick, piece ruminate devour, guttle, raven, pig eat up, finish, polish off fill, fill up

entailment

chew, masticate, manducate, jaw swallow, get down

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

eating eater

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

eat

take in food; used of animals only
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

eat feed

sample sentences

"This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"
"What do whales eat?"

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
The animals %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
The animals %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

eating

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

feeding feed feeder

semantic pointers

hypernym

have, take, consume, ingest, take in

verb group

eat

hyponym

forage raven suckle graze, crop, browse, range, pasture

cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

corrode eat rust

sample sentences

"The acid corroded the metal"
"The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

corrosive corroding corrosion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rust rust

semantic pointers

hypernym

damage

verb group

rust, corrode

use up (resources or materials)
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

consume deplete eat eat up exhaust run through use up wipe out

sample sentences

"this car consumes a lot of gas"
"We exhausted our savings"
"They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s more bread

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s more bread

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s more bread

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
They %s him of all his money

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

exhaustion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

consumable consumptive

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

depletion depletion

semantic pointers

hyponym

run out drain indulge, luxuriate burn off, burn, burn up spend exhaust, sap, run down, play out, tire

hypernym

spend, expend, drop

verb group

take, occupy, use up

worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

eat eat on

sample sentences

"What's eating you?"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him

semantic pointers

hypernym

worry, vex