Eating — synonyms, definition

1. eating (Noun)

chewing consumption devouring feeding

eating (Noun) — The act of consuming food.

consumption ingestion intake uptake banqueting bite browse browsing chomp coprophagia coprophagy degustation dining engorgement feasting graze grazing lunching mycophagy necrophagia necrophagy omophagia relishing repletion • • • chew chewing manduction mastication

2. eating (Verb)

consuming corroding depleting eating on eating up exhausting running through rusting using up wiping out

eating (Verb) — Take in solid food. ex. "She was eating a banana" ex. "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

eating (Verb) — Have a meal. ex. "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls" ex. "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"

eating (Verb) — Take in food; used of animals only. ex. "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat" ex. "What do whales eat?"

eating (Verb) — Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way. ex. "What's eating you?"

eating (Verb) — Use (resources or materials) over time in order to function. ex. "this car eats up a lot of gas"

eating (Verb) — Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid. ex. "The acid ate the metal"

consuming damaging dropping expending having ingesting spending taking taking in vexing worrying banqueting bingeing bolting bolting down breakfasting breaking bread browsing brunching burning burning off burning up consuming cropping devouring digging in dining dining in dining out dipping downing • • • eat in eat out eat up