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eating, feeding

the act of consuming food

deglutition, drink, swallow

the act of swallowing

suck, sucking, suction

the act of sucking

drinking, imbibing, imbibition

the act of consuming liquids

mycophagy

the practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild)

bite, chomp

the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

browse, browsing

the act of feeding by continual nibbling

coprophagia, coprophagy

eating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity

aerophagia

swallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence)

draft, draught, gulp, swig

a large and hurried swallow

dining

the act of eating dinner

engorgement

eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation

banqueting, feasting

eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)

graze, grazing

the act of grazing

lunching

the act of eating lunch

repletion, surfeit

eating until excessively full

supping

ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking

degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting

taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality

necrophagia, necrophagy

feeding on corpses or carrion

omophagia

the eating of raw food

scatophagy

the eating of excrement or other filth

gulping, guzzling, swilling

the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly

sip

a small drink

potation

the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)

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activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process

an organic process that takes place in the body

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re-uptake, reuptake

a process of using up or consuming again

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human process

a process in which human beings are involved