eat

CEFRA1

/iːt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To ingest; to be ingested.

Examples

  • I was too nervous to eat.

  • If you don't eat, you die.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /it/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.

  2. To consume a meal.

  3. To be eaten.

More examples

In context

  • Why don't you eat vegetables?

  • He's eating an apple. / Don't disturb me now; can't you see that I'm eating?

  • What time do we eat this evening?

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English eten, from Old English etan (“to eat”), from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti, from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ait (“to eat”), Yola ayth, eight (“to eat”), North Frisian iidj, iit, ää'e, ääre, ääse (“to eat”), Saterland Frisian iete, íete (“to eat”), West Frisian ite (“to eat”), Alemannic German asse, assu, essen, ässe, ässä (“to eat”), Bavarian eisn, essn, èssn (“to eat”), Cimbrian èssan, èzzan (“to eat”), Dutch and Low German eten (“to eat”), German essen (“to eat”), Luxembourgish iessen (“to eat”), Mòcheno èssn (“to eat”), Vilamovian aosa (“to eat”), Yiddish עסן (esn, “to eat”), Dani...