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E0019000 (ēt)v. ate (āt), eat·en (ēt′n), eat·ing, eats v.tr.1. a. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.b. To take in and absorb as food: a plant that eats insects; a cell that eats bacteria.c. To include habitually or by preference in one's diet: a bird that eats insects, fruit, and seeds; stopped eating red meat on advice from her doctor.2. To destroy, ravage, or use up by or as if by ingesting: "Covering news in the field eats money" (George F. Will).3. To erode or corrode: waves that ate away the beach; an acid that eats the surface of a machine part.4. To produce by eating: Moths ate holes in our sweaters.5. Slang To absorb the cost or expense of: "You can eat your loss and switch the remaining money to other investment portfolios" (Marlys Harris).6. Informal To bother or annoy: What's eating him?7. Vulgar slang To perform cunnilingus or anilingus on. Often used with out.v.intr.1. a. To consume food.b. To have or take a meal.2. To exercise a consuming or eroding effect: a drill that ate away at the rock; exorbitant expenses that were eating into profits.3. To cause persistent annoyance or distress: "How long will it be before the frustration eats at you?" (Howard Kaplan).Phrasal Verb: eat up Slang 1. To receive or enjoy enthusiastically or avidly: She really eats up the publicity.2. To believe without question: He'll eat up whatever the broker tells him.Idioms: eat crow To be forced to accept a humiliating defeat. eat (one's) heart out1. To feel bitter anguish or grief.2. To be consumed by jealousy. eat (one's) words To retract something that one has said. eat out of (someone's) hand To be manipulated or dominated by another. eat (someone) alive Slang To overwhelm or defeat thoroughly: an inexperienced manager who was eaten alive in a competitive corporate environment.

[Middle English eten, from Old English etan; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

eat′er n.Synonyms: eat, consume, devour, ingest
These verbs mean to take food into the body by the mouth: ate a hearty dinner; greedily consumed the sandwich; hyenas devouring their prey; whales ingesting krill.

eat up

vb (adverb, mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to eat or consume entirely: often used as an exhortation to children2. informal to listen to with enthusiasm or appreciation: the audience ate up the speaker's every word. 3. (often passive) informal to affect grossly: she was eaten up by jealousy. 4. informal to travel (a distance) quickly: we just ate up the miles.

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Verb	1.	eat up - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"polish off, finisheat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"tuck away, tuck in, put away - eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"
	2.	eat up - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"deplete, use up, wipe out, exhaust, run through, eat, consumerun out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"luxuriate, indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream"burn off, burn up, burn - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"take, use up, occupy - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"play out, sap, tire, exhaust, run down - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
	3.	eat up - enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"swallow up, immerse, swallow, buryinclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

eat

verb1. To take (food) into the body as nourishment:consume, devour, fare, ingest, partake.Slang: chow.Idioms: break bread, have a bite.2. To do away with completely and destructively.Also used with up:consume, devour, swallow (up), waste.3. To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction:bite, corrode, erode, gnaw, wear, wear away.phrasal verb
eat up1. To eat completely or entirely:consume, devour, dispatch.Informal: polish off, put away.2. To use all of:consume, drain, draw down, exhaust, expend, finish, play out, run through, spend, use up.Informal: polish off.3. To be avidly interested in:devour, feast on, relish.4. Slang. To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively:adore, delight (in), dote on (or upon), love.Slang: groove on.

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1. Literally, to eat something, especially to eat all of it. Often used as an imperative. I know lasagna isn't your favorite, kiddo, but if you want dessert, you've got to eat it up. Go on, eat it up. It will make you feel better.2. To believe unquestioningly that something is true. I told them that I like this stupid school, and they totally ate it up—I guess I'm a pretty good actress.3. To thoroughly enjoy something. When anyone showers the baby with love and affection, she just eats it up! Great job on the presentation—the board is going to eat it up.See also: eat, up

eat up

1. verb To eat, especially to completely finish one's food. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." Often used as an imperative. Kim may be tiny, but she has a big appetite and will eat up anything you put in front of her. We've got to leave soon, kids, so eat up. Eat your vegetables up if you want to grow up strong.2. verb To bite one excessively, as of insects. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." If you're outside at dusk, the mosquitos will eat you up.3. verb To take or require a lot of some resource. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." I'm in a poor financial state because my hospital bills have eaten up so much of my money.4. verb To believe unquestioningly that something is true. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." I told them that I like this stupid school, and they totally ate it up—I guess I'm a pretty good actress.5. verb To thoroughly enjoy something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." The baby just eats up everyone's love and affection.6. verb To continually bother or worry someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." The precarious state of my finances has really begun to eat me up. I'm worried that your critical comments have begun to eat Tiffany up—she seems very subdued these days.7. verb To overwhelm and/or easily defeat one due to being more aggressive, powerful, etc. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eat" and "up." Our team isn't very good, and I'm worried that the competition at this level will eat us up.See also: eat, up

eat someone up

1. . Lit. to consume the flesh of someone. The big bad wolf said he was going to eat you up! The bear ate up the fish. 2. Fig. [for an idea] to consume a person. The whole idea of visiting Australia was just eating her up. The obsession to own a car was eating up my brother and his friends. 3. Fig. [for insects] to bite a person all over. These mosquitoes are just eating me up! The bugs literally ate up all the hikers. 4. Fig. [for someone] to overwhelm and devastate someone. The guy is a devil! He just eats up people! Fred will just eat you up. He is a vicious administrator.See also: eat, up

eat something up

1. . and eat an animal up Lit. to devour all of some food or an animal. They ate the turkey up, and no one had to eat leftovers. The lion ate up the zebra very quickly. 2. Fig. to consume something rapidly, such as money. Running this household eats my income up. The car really eats up gas. 3. Fig. to believe something. Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction. They'll eat up almost anything you tell them. 4. Fig. to appreciate something. The audience liked my singing; they really ate it up. The stuff about the federal budget went over well. They really ate up the whole story.See also: eat, up

Eat up!

to eat everything; to eat eagerly. (Usually a command to begin eating. Compare this with Drink up!.) Come on, let's eat up and get going. Eat up, you guys, and get back to work!See also: eat

eat up

1. Consume completely, as in No television until you eat up your dinner, or This quarter's expenses have eaten up all my spare cash. The literal use (first example) dates from the early 1500s, the figurative from the early 1600s. 2. Enjoy avidly, as in She simply eats up the publicity. [Late 1800s] 3. Believe unquestioningly, be gullible, as in He'll eat up whatever the broker tells him. [Slang; early 1900s] 4. Defeat completely, as in This new fighter just eats up every opponent. [Slang; c. 1830] 5. See eat out, def. 2. See also: eat, up

eat up

v.1. To devour something completely: The children ate up all the food in the house. If you leave cookies out, the dog will eat them up.2. To consume a large amount of something: The repair bills for maintaining this old car really eat up my savings account. Driving so fast ate all our gas up very quickly.3. Slang To obsess or bother someone: That snide remark you made is still eating me up.4. Slang To receive or enjoy something enthusiastically or avidly: That television celebrity really eats up the publicity. The kids love those jokes—they eat them right up.5. Slang To believe something without question: He'll eat up whatever his broker tells him. I said I was very rich and she ate it right up.See also: eat, up

eat something up

1. tv. to consume something rapidly, such as food or money. Running this household eats my income up. 2. tv. to believe something. Those people really eat that stuff up about tax reduction. 3. tv. to appreciate something. The stuff about the federal budget went over well. They really ate up the whole story. See also: eat, something, up

eat up

in. to eat in enjoyment. (Usually a command.) Eat up! There’s plenty more where this came from. See also: eat, up

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verb finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

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verb enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

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