as in food
substances intended to be eaten
there are some good eats at the buffet table
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as in consumes
to take in as food
having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers
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as in erodes
to consume or wear away gradually
the pot's protective coating was eaten away by the acid
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as in dines
to take a meal
where's the best place to eat in this town?
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as in annoys
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
it really eats me the way people go to national parks to enjoy nature—and then leave their litter behind
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Recent Examples of eats
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
The revolution eats its own, yet again.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
In the ad, Mamdani runs through the streets and eats rice with his hands as a domestic abuser, a pimp, and a drug dealer offer their support for the politician.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Russell sleeps, bathes and eats in the living room because his wheelchair can’t fit through narrow halls and doorways.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
When a mouse eats a high-fat, high-calorie meal, its body will make more insulin but also more GLP-1, to guard against weight gain.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
In 2025, the Ig Nobel Prize in pediatrics went to Julie Mennella and Gary Beauchamp for studying what a nursing baby experiences when the baby’s mother eats garlic.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
To set the record straight, Mosconi notes that extrapolating the research to mean the brain eats itself during menopause is incorrect.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2025
In the bad ending, Fettel takes her child and eats her to absorb her power.
—Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
So does a scene in which a nonverbal, neurodivergent member of the community named Ghazal (Bartley Booz) eats a piece of paper that’s probably Peter’s suicide note.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
The revolution eats its own, yet again.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
In the ad, Mamdani runs through the streets and eats rice with his hands as a domestic abuser, a pimp, and a drug dealer offer their support for the politician.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Russell sleeps, bathes and eats in the living room because his wheelchair can’t fit through narrow halls and doorways.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
When a mouse eats a high-fat, high-calorie meal, its body will make more insulin but also more GLP-1, to guard against weight gain.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
In 2025, the Ig Nobel Prize in pediatrics went to Julie Mennella and Gary Beauchamp for studying what a nursing baby experiences when the baby’s mother eats garlic.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
To set the record straight, Mosconi notes that extrapolating the research to mean the brain eats itself during menopause is incorrect.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2025
In the bad ending, Fettel takes her child and eats her to absorb her power.
—Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eats
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However, each conversion step consumes energy, introduces delay, and loses some of the information carried by the original signal.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Light distorts, sound bends; the signal consumes the chamber, turning technology into liturgy.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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For any administration to treat them that way erodes our national security and flies in the face of Congress’ constitutional obligation to oversee matters of war and peace.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
29 Oct. 2025
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When the only people receiving relief are celebrities, political insiders or headline-makers, public confidence erodes.—
Khalil Cumberbatch,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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As Thursday’s episode opens, Carrie dines alone at a futuristic Asian restaurant with robot waiters whizzing past.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
14 Aug. 2025
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Ask yourself what annoys you specifically about that behavior, Davis says.—
NPR,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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There are days when my running annoys my wife, my children, or my colleagues.—
Nicholas Thompson,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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Without virtue, liberty collapses into chaos, and freedom devours itself.—
Carolyn McKinney,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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Every revolution devours its children.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
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While the cast was working on the historical drama overseas, major political headlines dominated feeds back in the States.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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My custom system [feeds into] a centralized place to organize everything.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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What about him specifically bothers you especially in terms of poisoning the youth?—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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Really, the accuracy is the one thing that bothers me with him.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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But Chelsea won’t have it, shutting the whole thing down in a way that clearly irritates her.—
Anne Victoria Clark,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The group exhausts and irritates opposing pitchers.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Eats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eats. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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