If you leave an antique flowerpot outside all winter, the snow and rain might eat the paint, making it look even older than it is.
To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid;
Verb
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
Verb
use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
Verb
eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn''t eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
Verb
take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
Verb
take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn''t eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
Verb
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What''s eating you?"
of Eat
v. t.
To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially
of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.
v. t.
To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a
cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to
disappear.
v. i.
To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in
distinction from liquid, food; to board.
v. i.
To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.
v. i.
To make one's way slowly.
Eat
They . . . ate the sacrifices of the dead.
The lean . . . did eat up the first seven fat kine.
The lion had not eaten the carcass.
With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab junkets eat.
The island princes overbold Have eat our substance.
His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages.2.
Eat
He did eat continually at the king's table.2.
To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid;
To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.
Usage Examples
At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it.
Becoming food savvy is one thing, but it's amazing how fast savvy turns to snooty, and snooty leaves you preparing three-hour meals that break your budget and that the kids won't even eat.
Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out.
A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar.
As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
All the pre-made sauces in a jar, and frozen and canned vegetables, processed meats, and cheeses which are loaded with artificial ingredients and sodium can get in the way of a healthy diet. My number one advice is to eat fresh, and seasonally.
A diet should be named after what you do eat, not what you don't eat.
Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.
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Other Usage ExamplesAnimals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.
Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control.
Actually, if I don't eat healthy food I don't feel good. For me, I crave healthy food.
A vegetarian is a person who won't eat anything that can have children.
A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. It's a short letter - all she said was, 'Hey, since it's harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed, here $10 for a pizza.' I was like, 'Aww, she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home!'
A nutritionist helps me eat healthily at home.
A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
As a chef, you need to respect your guests and their needs. If they decide that they want to eat certain things and not eat others, if for religious reasons or just decide they don't want to eat certain ingredients, you have to respect that.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
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