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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 West Frisian 2.1 Pronoun

[ English

[ Etymology

Old English etan, from Proto-Germanic *itan-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Cognate with Scots aet, Dutch eten, German essen, and Swedish äta, and (from IE) with Ancient Greek ἔδω (edō), Latin edō, Russian ем, and Lithuanian ésti.

[ Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /iːt/, SAMPA: /i:t/
• (US) IPA: /it/, SAMPA: /it/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -iːt

[ Verb

to eat (third-person singular simple present eats, present participle eating, simple past ate, past participle eaten)

1. (ambitransitive) 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 I’m eating?

2. (intransitive) To consume a meal.

   What time do we eat this evening?

3. (transitive, colloquial) To cause (someone) to worry.

   What’s eating you?

4. (transitive, business) To take the 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 eat thee 40 tons of steel ourselves.

[ Synonyms

• (consume): consume, swallow
• (cause to worry): bother, disturb, worry
• (eat a meal): dine, breakfast, chow down, have one's breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper/tea, lunch

[ Derived terms

Derived terms

crow eater eater eat crow eatery, eaterie eat humble pie eat in eating eat into eat like a bird

eat like a horse eat like a pig eat one's hat eat out eats eat up pie-eater you are what you eat what's eating you?

[ See also

• drink
• food
• edible

[ Translations

[ Anagrams

• ate
• tea

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[ West Frisian

[ Pronoun

eat

1. something, anything