Definizione monolingua

eat

eat (third-person singular simple present eats, present participle eating, simple past ate, past participle eaten)

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

   He’s eating an apple.

   Don’t disturb me now; cant you see that I’m eating?

2. (intransitive) To consume a meal.

   What time do we eat this evening?

3. (intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.

   The soup that eats like a meal.

4. (transitive) To destroy, consume, or use up.

   This project is eating up all the money.

5. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.

   What’s eating you?

6. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.

   It’s a special order, so we can’t send it back; if the customer won’t accept it, we’ll have to eat the forty tons of steel ourselves.

   I have to have him in court tomorrow, if he doesnt show up, I forfeit the bond and I have to eat the $300,000 – From the movie Midnight Run

7. (ambitransitive) To corrode or erode.

   The acid rain ate away the statue.

   The strong acid eats through the metal.

8. (transitive, informal, of an device) To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.

   The VHS recorder just ate the tape and wont spit it out.

   John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report.

   No! Theres a problem with the cassette player. Dont press fast forward or it eats the tape! - Bruce Willis in the movie The Last Boy Scout

9. (transitive, informal, of a vending machine or similar device) To consume money or (other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment.

   The video game in the corner just ate my quarter.

   Hey! This stupid [soda vending] machine ate my quarter. - From the movie Slap Shot

10. (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on someone.

    Eat me!

eat

1. something, anything

Definizione dizionario eat

	mangiare
	eat a meal
	consume
	Consumare un pasto.
	To eat a meal.
	Consumare qualcosa di solido o semi-solido (tipicamente del cibo) mettendolo nella bocca ed ingoiarlo successivamente.
	To consume something solid or semi-solid (usually food) by putting it into the mouth and eventually swallowing it.

cibo

consumare

corrodere

divorare

magnà

nutrirsi

pranzare

Altri significati:

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

(transitive) To destroy, consume, or use up

(transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on someone.

(transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.

(intransitive) To consume a meal.

(transitive, informal, of an device) To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.

(transitive, informal, of a vending machine or similar device) To consume money or (other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment.

(transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.

(to) eat

colloquial: cause to worry

(ambitransitive) To corrode or erode.

(intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.

catch (a cold)