verzehren

Definitions of verzehren
  1. verb
    take in solid food
    synonyms: essen, futtern, nehmen
    speisen
    eat a meal; take a meal
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    hinunterspülen, runterspülen
    eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically
    fressen
    eat a lot and without restraint
    stopfen
    eat hastily
    schlürfen
    eat noisily
    schlingen, stopfen
    eat hastily without proper chewing
    hinunterwürgen, würgen
    eat greedily
    aufessen, verdrücken, verputzen, wegdrücken, wegfressen
    finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
    spachteln
    eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
    type of:
    konsumieren
    serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    speisen
    eat a meal; take a meal
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