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eat
transitive verb1: to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn2 a: to destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating <expenses ate up the profits> <gadgets that eat up too much space> b: to bear the expense of : take a loss on <the team was forced to eat the rest of his contract>3 a: to consume gradually : corrode <cars eaten away by rust> b: to consume with vexation : bother <what's eating you now>4: to enjoy eagerly or avidly : lap —used with up<it was an amazing performance and the crowd ate it up>5usually vulgar : to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on —often used with outintransitive verb1: to take food or a meal2: to affect something by gradual destruction or consumption —usually used with into, away, or at<the loss was really eating at her><the controversy ate into his support>
— eat·er noun
— eat alive
: to defeat, conquer, or overwhelm completely : crush <was eaten alive by the competition>
— eat one out of house and home
: to consume more than one can easily provide or afford
— eat one's heart out
1: to grieve bitterly2: to be jealous
— eat one's words
: to retract what one has said
— eat out of one's hand
: to accept the domination of another
— eat someone's lunch
: to deprive of profit, dominance, or success
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