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to take in as food<having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers>Synonymsconsume, ingestRelated Wordsdigest, down, mouth (down), swallow; bolt, devour, gobble (up or down), gorge, gulp, wolf; chew, gnaw (at or on), lap, lick, nibble (on); relish, savor, taste; banquet, dine, feast, gormandize, pig out; dispatch, polish off; breakfast, lunch, sup; munch, snack
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to consume or wear away gradually<the potʼs protective coating was eaten away by the acid>Synonymsbite (at), corrode, erode, fretRelated Wordsbreak down, break up, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve; destroy, ruin, wreck
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to take a meal<whereʼs the best place to eat in this town?>— see dine 1
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