eat

English

/iːt/, /it/

verb
Definitions
  • To ingest; to be ingested.
  • To use up.
  • (transitive) To cause (someone) to worry.
  • (transitive) To take the loss in a transaction.
  • (transitive) To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
  • (ambitransitive) To corrode or erode.
  • (transitive) To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eten inherited from Old English etan (eat) inherited from Proto-Germanic *etaną (eat) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (eat), *h₁ed- (eat, related to eating).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁ed-

Gloss

eat, related to eating

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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