'Eating' definitions:
Definition of 'Eating'
From: GCIDE
- Eat \Eat\ ([=e]t), v. t. [imp. Ate ([=a]t; 277), Obsolescent & Colloq. Eat ([e^]t); p. p. Eaten ([=e]t"'n), Obs. or Colloq. Eat ([e^]t); p. pr. & vb. n. Eating.] [OE. eten, AS. etan; akin to OS. etan, OFries. eta, D. eten, OHG. ezzan, G. essen, Icel. eta, Sw. [aum]ta, Dan. [ae]de, Goth. itan, Ir. & Gael. ith, W. ysu, L. edere, Gr. 'e`dein, Skr. ad. [root]6. Cf. Etch, Fret to rub, Edible.]
- 1. To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread. "To eat grass as oxen." --Dan. iv. 25. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . ate the sacrifices of the dead. --Ps. cvi. 28. [1913 Webster]
- The lean . . . did eat up the first seven fat kine. --Gen. xli. 20. [1913 Webster]
- The lion had not eaten the carcass. --1 Kings xiii. 28. [1913 Webster]
- With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab the junkets eat. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The island princes overbold Have eat our substance. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear. [1913 Webster]
- To eat humble pie. See under Humble.
- To eat of (partitive use). "Eat of the bread that can not waste." --Keble.
- To eat one's words, to retract what one has said. (See the Citation under Blurt.)
- To eat out, to consume completely. "Eat out the heart and comfort of it." --Tillotson.
- To eat the wind out of a vessel (Naut.), to gain slowly to windward of her.
- Syn: To consume; devour; gnaw; corrode. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Eating'
From: GCIDE
- Eating \Eat"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Eating house, a house where cooked provisions are sold, to be eaten on the premises. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Eating'
From: Easton
- Eating The ancient Hebrews would not eat with the Egyptians (Gen. 43:32). In the time of our Lord they would not eat with Samaritans (John 4:9), and were astonished that he ate with publicans and sinners (Matt. 9:11). The Hebrews originally sat at table, but afterwards adopted the Persian and Chaldean practice of reclining (Luke 7:36-50). Their principal meal was at noon (Gen. 43:16; 1 Kings 20:16; Ruth 2:14; Luke 14:12). The word "eat" is used metaphorically in Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 3:1; Rev. 10:9. In John 6:53-58, "eating and drinking" means believing in Christ. Women were never present as guests at meals (q.v.).
Synonyms of 'eating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cannibal,
- cannibalistic,
- carnivorous,
- commensal,
- dietetic,
- dining,
- drinking,
- engorgement,
- engulfment,
- feeding,
- flesh-eating,
- fruitarian,
- gastronomic,
- gluttonous,
- grain-eating,
- graminivorous,
- granivorous,
- grass-eating,
- gulp,
- gulping,
- herbivorous,
- imbibition,
- ingestion,
- ingurgitation,
- insect-eating,
- insectivorous,
- lactovegetarian,
- man-eating,
- meat-eating,
- mensal,
- nourishing,
- nutritious,
- omnivorous,
- omophagous,
- pantophagous,
- phytivorous,
- phytophagous,
- plant-eating,
- postprandial,
- prandial,
- predacious,
- preprandial,
- slurp,
- swallow,
- swallowing,
- vegetable-eating,
- vegetarian
Words containing 'Eating'
- Eat,
- To eat,
- To eat in,
- To eat into,
- To eat of,
- To eat out,
- eat at,
- eat in,
- eat into,
- eat on,
- eat out,
- eat up,
- eats,
- Dirt eating,
- Eating house,
- To eat dirt,
- To eat heartily,
- To eat to windward,
- eat away,
- eat crow,
- eating apple,
- eating away,
- eating disorder,
- eating place,
- eating utensil,
- flesh eating,
- man eating,
- meat eating,
- Heart-eating,
- Moth-eat,
- Plant-eating,
- To eat humble pie,
- To eat one's words,
- To eat the seed corn,
- To eat the wind out of a vessel,
- flesh-eating,
- fruit-eating,
- grass-eating,
- meat-eating,
- ready-to-eat,
- binge-eating syndrome,
- crab-eating dog,
- crab-eating fox,
- crab-eating macaque,
- crab-eating opossum,
- crab-eating seal,
- dog-eat-dog,
- fruit-eating bat,
- man-eating shark