eat

Synonyms:

feed

take in food; used of animals only

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wash down

eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically

fress, gluttonise, gluttonize

eat a lot and without restraint

wolf, wolf down

eat hastily

slurp

eat noisily

fare

eat well

dig in, pitch in

eat heartily

peck, peck at, pick at

eat like a bird

peck, pick up

eat by pecking at, like a bird

bolt, gobble

eat hastily without proper chewing

bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in

eat a large amount of food quickly

nibble, pick, piece

eat intermittently; take small bites of

ruminate

chew the cuds

dip, dunk

dip into a liquid while eating

devour, guttle, pig, raven

eat greedily

eat up, finish, polish off

finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

put away, tuck away, tuck in

eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

consume, devour, down, go through

eat immoderately

fill, fill up

eat until one is sated

Type of:

consume, have, ingest, take, take in

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

eat

eat a meal; take a meal

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take away, take out

buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food

victual

take in nourishment

dine in, eat in

eat at home

dine out, eat out

eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home

dine

have supper; eat dinner

picnic

eat alfresco, in the open air

eat

take in solid food

wash down

eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically

fress, gluttonise, gluttonize

eat a lot and without restraint

wolf, wolf down

eat hastily

slurp

eat noisily

fare

eat well

dig in, pitch in

eat heartily

peck, peck at, pick at

eat like a bird

peck, pick up

eat by pecking at, like a bird

bolt, gobble

eat hastily without proper chewing

bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in

eat a large amount of food quickly

nibble, pick, piece

eat intermittently; take small bites of

ruminate

chew the cuds

dip, dunk

dip into a liquid while eating

devour, guttle, pig, raven

eat greedily

eat up, finish, polish off

finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

consume, devour, down, go through

eat immoderately

fill, fill up

eat until one is sated

break bread

have a meal, usually with company

nosh, snack

eat a snack; eat lightly

browse, graze

eat lightly, try different dishes

mess

eat in a mess hall

lunch

take the midday meal

brunch

eat a meal in the late morning

breakfast

eat an early morning meal

banquet, feast, junket

partake in a feast or banquet

wine and dine

eat sumptuously

binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff

overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Type of:

consume, have, ingest, take, take in

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

Synonyms:

feed

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forage

wander and feed

predate, prey, raven

prey on or hunt for

raven

feed greedily

suckle

suck milk from the mother's breasts

browse, crop, graze, pasture, range

feed as in a meadow or pasture

Type of:

consume, have, ingest, take, take in

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

Synonyms:

eat on

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vex, worry

disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

Synonyms:

consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out

occupy, take

require (time or space)

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run out

exhaust the supply of

drain

deplete of resources

indulge, luxuriate

enjoy to excess

surfeit

indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

burn, burn off, burn up

use up (energy)

spend

spend completely

overspend

spend more than available of (a budget)

underspend

spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)

exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire

deplete

Type of:

drop, expend, spend

pay out

Synonyms:

corrode, rust

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damage

inflict damage upon