as in consumed
to take in as food
anyone planning to partake of the vegetarian meal needs to sign up for it beforehand
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for partaken (of)
Verb
-
Movies are still big events, still consumed in long sittings, still treated as cultural monuments.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025 -
The water and food animals consumed left a chemical signature in their bones, which provided researchers with a key to their origin.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Clearly the recent inflationary period has eaten into American pocketbooks as well as their psyches.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
-
In fact, only about 50% of nitrogen applied as fertilizer is taken up by crops; the rest runs off into waterways as nitrate pollution or is eaten by microbes, some of which turn it into nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.—
Katherine Bourzac,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Partaken (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/partaken%20%28of%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share