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- pronunciation:
- it
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
eats, eating, ate, eaten |
| definition 1: |
When you eat food, you take it into your body using your mouth.
After school, Mike eats a snack before he does his homework.
- synonyms:
- consume, swallow
- similar words:
- bite, chew, take
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| definition 2: |
When salt eats the metal of a car, it means that the salt destroys the metal of the car by wearing it away.
The abandoned house had an old bicycle sitting outside, and a lot of the metal was eaten away by rust.- synonyms:
- wear
- similar words:
- bite, consume, decay, rot, rust
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| definition 3: |
When something eats away all your strength, it means that it uses up your strength. When a vacation eats all your money, it means that a vacation uses up all of your money.
The game Jared played at the arcade ate all the money he saved. He didn't realize it until he spent his last quarter!- synonyms:
- consume, swallow
- similar words:
- chew
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| definition 4: |
When something is eating you, it means that something is worrying you or giving you trouble.
Ryan couldn't stop thinking about the fight he had with his best friend, and it was eating him all night. He called his friend the next morning to apologize.- synonyms:
- bother, bug, trouble
- similar words:
- annoy, disturb
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| related words: |
erode, finish, swallow, taste, use |
| derivation: |
eater (n.) |
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