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Meanings of eat in English

Portuguese
consumir
Catalan
disminuir
Spanish
disminuir

Use up (resources or materials)

      consumir
      Portuguese
      corroer
      Catalan
      desgastar

      To cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.

            corroer
            Portuguese
            comer
            Catalan
            cruspir-se

            Take in food; used of animals only.

                  comer
                  Spanish
                  consumir

                  Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way.

                        consumir
                        Usage of eat in English
                        1
                        Famine took its victims in the streets; the farmers continued to eat.
                        Greener Than You Think
                        2
                        Nothing is better than the potatoe; I eat them in every way.
                        The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
                        3
                        Morning comes; we have no water; the men eat their rations dry.
                        Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
                        4
                        She needs to eat well in order to build up her health.
                        The lady elizabeth
                        5
                        But she could not eat; the sameness of the food disgusted her.
                        The Ghost Kings
                        6
                        The knight acquiesced in this declaration, and eat his breakfast in quiet.
                        The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
                        7
                        There are animals who eat more than 100 kilos of food daily.
                        Reuters
                        8
                        They eat; they take up space; they add nothing to my cause.
                        The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerus...
                        9
                        And now I might eat and drink and rest in the shade.
                        Sacred and Profane Love: A Novel in Three Episodes
                        10
                        And he's built to do everything-eat, sleep, perspire-everything, natural as natural is.
                        The Illustrated Man
                        11
                        Alfred did not eat all day; in fact he ate but little.
                        Watch Yourself Go By
                        12
                        Sitting there she said nothing; neither in truth did she eat anything.
                        Orley Farm
                        13
                        No one could eat; we only gazed at each course in turn.
                        Debts of Honor
                        14
                        His descendants live in expensive hotels and eat only in high-class restaurants.
                        Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
                        15
                        As Jane Fonda would say, eat low on the food chain; right?
                        Feminist dot com
                        16
                        And do not try to ask me questions while you eat, either.
                        Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
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