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ALL meanings of eating

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  • idioms eating eat someone out of house and home, to eat so much as to strain someone's resources of food or money: A group of hungry teenagers can eat you out of house and home. 1
  • idioms eating eat someone's lunch, Slang. to thoroughly defeat, outdo, injure, etc. 1
  • idioms eating eat the wind out of, Nautical. to blanket (a sailing vessel sailing close-hauled) by sailing close on the weather side of. 1
  • noun eating Present participle of eat. 1
  • noun eating act of dining 1
  • noun eating eats, Informal. food. 1
  • adjective eating good or fit to eat, especially raw (distinguished from cooking): eating apples. 1
  • adjective eating used in eating: eating utensils. 1
  • verb with object eating to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food). 1
  • verb with object eating to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode: The patient was eaten by disease and pain. 1
  • verb with object eating to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion. 1
  • verb with object eating to ravage or devastate: a forest eaten by fire. 1
  • verb with object eating to use up, especially wastefully; consume (often followed by up): Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings. 1
  • verb with object eating to absorb or pay for: The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs. 1
  • verb with object eating Slang: Vulgar. to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on. 1
  • verb without object eating to consume food; take a meal: We'll eat at six o'clock. 1
  • verb without object eating to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion: Acid ate through the linoleum. 1
  • idioms eating be eating someone, Informal. to worry, annoy, or bother: Something seems to be eating him—he's been wearing a frown all day. 1
  • idioms eating eat crow. crow1 (def 7). 1
  • idioms eating eat high off the hog. hog (def 16). 1
  • idioms eating eat humble pie. humble pie (def 3). 1
  • idioms eating eat in, to eat or dine at home. 1
  • idioms eating eat one's heart out. heart (def 26). 1
  • idioms eating eat one's terms. term (def 17). 1
  • idioms eating eat one's words. word (def 16). 1
  • idioms eating eat out of one's hand. hand (def 49). 1
  • noun eating food, esp in relation to its quality or taste 0
  • adjective eating relating to or suitable for eating, esp uncooked 0
  • adjective eating relating to or for eating 0
  • noun eating the action of a person or thing that eats 0
  • noun eating something edible, with reference to its quality as food 0
  • adjective eating that eats or consumes 0
  • adjective eating good for eating uncooked 0
  • adjective eating used for eating or dining 0
  • noun eating The act of ingesting food. 0
  • noun eating (Informal) (dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine. 0
  • noun eating The act of corroding or consuming some substance. 0
  • adjective eating Suitable to be eaten without being cooked. 0
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