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Noun: eats  eets
  1. Informal term for a meal
    - chow, chuck [N. Amer], grub
Verb: eat (ate,eaten)  eet
  1. Take in solid food
  2. Have a meal
  3. Take in food; used of animals only
    - feed
  4. Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
    "What's eating you?";
    - eat on
  5. Use (resources or materials) over time in order to function
    "this car eats up a lot of gas";
    - consume, eat up, use up, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
  6. Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
    "The acid ate the metal";
    - corrode, rust

See also: eat in, eat out, eat up

Type of: consume, damage, drop, expend, fare, have, ingest, spend, take, take in, vex, worry

Encyclopedia: Eats, shoots, and leaves

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