Definitions
1.VerbTo ingest; to be ingested.
To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it."He's eating an apple. / Don't disturb me now; can't you see that I'm eating?; What time do we eat this evening?; It's a soup that eats like a meal."
2.VerbTo consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it."He's eating an apple. / Don't disturb me now; can't you see that I'm eating?"
3.VerbTo consume a meal."What time do we eat this evening?"
4.VerbTo be eaten."It's a soup that eats like a meal."
5.VerbTo have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").
6.VerbTo use up.
To destroy, consume, or use up."This project is eating up all the money.; The VHS recorder just ate the tape and won't spit it out.; John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report.; The video game in the corner just ate my quarter."
7.VerbTo destroy, consume, or use up."This project is eating up all the money."
8.VerbTo consume (an exception, an event, etc.) so that other parts of the program do not receive it.
9.VerbTo damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object."The VHS recorder just ate the tape and won't spit it out.; John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report."
10.VerbTo consume money (or other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service or return the payment."The video game in the corner just ate my quarter."
11.VerbTo cause (someone) to worry."What's eating you?"
12.VerbTo take the loss in a transaction.
13.VerbTo be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
14.VerbTo corrode or erode."The acid rain ate away the statue. The strong acid eats through the metal."
15.VerbTo perform oral sex (on a person or body part)."Eat me!; I ate his ass.; Yeah, eat that dick / eat that pussy."
16.VerbTo be very good; to rule, to slay."You ate that performance!; This song eats!"
17.VerbTo annex.
18.NounSomething to be eaten; a meal; a food item.