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
Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2026
Without Callie around, the chasm between Minnie — who holds an after-school job and eats microwaved junk at home — and Callie’s other friends feels wider than ever.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
If one more child eats a free breakfast, one less book is banned, one less citizen grabbed off the streets, one less renter losing their home and one more person enrolled in healthcare and getting affordable prescriptions, that’s the measure of success.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
One eats the entire thing, leaving the other to starve.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
In the video, Jenner eats a bowl of pomegranate seeds while wearing an ultra plunging covered in them.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
What else eats breakfast that competes with strategy?
—Marissa Andrada, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
There's a scene in Send Help, director Sam Raimi's survival horror-thriller and borderline comedy, in which Dylan O'Brien's Bradley Preston eats a gnarly bug.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
This turmoil will also breed more uncertainty as China eats away at market share and under-pressure Europeans will be looking around for partners, merger candidates or job cuts.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
At the pre-match, there will be a live DJ, delicious eats from local food trucks, inflatable soccer games, the inflatable FCC slide and more.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2026
Without Callie around, the chasm between Minnie — who holds an after-school job and eats microwaved junk at home — and Callie’s other friends feels wider than ever.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
If one more child eats a free breakfast, one less book is banned, one less citizen grabbed off the streets, one less renter losing their home and one more person enrolled in healthcare and getting affordable prescriptions, that’s the measure of success.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
One eats the entire thing, leaving the other to starve.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
In the video, Jenner eats a bowl of pomegranate seeds while wearing an ultra plunging covered in them.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
What else eats breakfast that competes with strategy?
—Marissa Andrada, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
There's a scene in Send Help, director Sam Raimi's survival horror-thriller and borderline comedy, in which Dylan O'Brien's Bradley Preston eats a gnarly bug.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
This turmoil will also breed more uncertainty as China eats away at market share and under-pressure Europeans will be looking around for partners, merger candidates or job cuts.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eats
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South Dakota’s biggest data center consumes 30 megawatts, and the state has none of the vastly larger data centers that have proliferated elsewhere.—
Makenzie Huber,
States Newsroom,
19 Feb. 2026
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Once Ali returns from his exile an absurdly wealthy man (and sporting a comically fake mustache), his brutality consumes everyone around him, and Yıldız’s hatred of him grows.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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When voter registration statistics appear to exceed plausible eligible-population benchmarks, public confidence erodes, even if there is an administrative explanation.—
Reardon Sullivan,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2026
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That erodes the simplicity people often associate with owning physical gold.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Khabouth, who has met Bichette, says that roughly half the team regularly dines at Animl, which sits just a block and a half from the stadium, often stopping by after games.—
Denny Alfonso,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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As the director of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in Avondale, Maynard often dines in neighborhoods close to work, including Northside and Clifton.—
Keith Pandolfi,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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One of its two young sibling protagonists, Amber (Bianca Belle), channels her feelings about the recent death of her mother into drawings of creatures born out of her troubled imagination, some of whom enact violence against the classmate who annoys her.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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There's just one thing about Claire Danes that annoys Matthew Rhys.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
22 Nov. 2025
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But in Washington, politics devours everything, even the sacred.—
Tara Palmeri,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Gratitude requires perspective, but perpetual outrage devours perspective.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2025
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The Colgate facility sits on the North Yuba River upstream of Englebright Dam, which feeds the lower Yuba.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Pressed on whether the latest case feeds a narrative of a Louvre out of control, Pham pushed back.—
Thomas Adamson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Most people are able to put the splint away once their plantar fasciitis no longer bothers them.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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That inward struggle made it to the surface because Glenn no longer bothers with charades.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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There’s another distinctly New York habit that irritates Manville — at the end of the performances, theatergoers leap to their feat, not just to applaud, but to whip out their cellphones to record the curtain call.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2026
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Somehow, this irritates Helen even more.—
Sadia Shepard,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Eats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eats. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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