eat
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
take in solid food
She was eating a banana
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
eat a meal; take a meal
We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
take in food; used of animals only
This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat
Types & categories
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Sense 4 verb
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
What's eating you?
Types & categories
- vex hypernym
Sense 5 verb
use up (resources or materials)
this car consumes a lot of gas
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- depletion derivation
- exhaustion derivation
- depletion derivation
- consumable derivation
- consumptive derivation
- take verb group
Sense 6 verb
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
The acid corroded the metal
Types & categories
- damage hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eating |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eater |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eater |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | chew |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | swallow |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | eat |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | eat |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ingest |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wash down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gluttonize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wolf |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slurp |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pitch in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peck at |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gobble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | garbage down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nibble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guttle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eat up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | consume |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fill up |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | eat in |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | eat out |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | eat up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | eating |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | eater |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | eat |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ingest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take away |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | victual |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eat in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eat out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | picnic |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eat |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | break bread |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snack |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mess |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lunch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brunch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | breakfast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | feast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | binge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | eating |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | provender |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | eater |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | eat |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ingest |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | forage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | raven |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | suckle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | graze |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | vex |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | depletion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | exhaustion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | depletion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | consumable |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | consumptive |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | take |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | run out |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | drain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | luxuriate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | burn off |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | spend |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sap |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | corroding |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rusting |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rust |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrosive |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | rust |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | damage |