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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions eat verb (eats, eating, ate, eaten) (transitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it. He"s eating an apple. (context, transitive, colloquial) To cause (someone) to worry. What"s eating you? (transitive) (Idiom) To take a loss in a transaction It"s a special order, we can"t send it back; if the customer won"t accept it, we"ll have to the 40 tons of steel ourselves. (intransitive) To consume a meal. What time do we this evening? Don"t disturb me now; can't you see I"m eating? Etymology: Old English etan, from Germanic itan-, from Indo-European hâed-. Cognate with Scots aet, Dutch eten, German essen, Swedish íta; and (from IE) with Greek (polytonic, á), Latin edo, edÅ, Russian , Lithuanian esti, ésti.      Full Definition of eat  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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