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Synonyms for eating

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ee-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi tɪŋ

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Définition of eating

Origin :
  • Old English etan (class V strong verb; past tense æt, past participle eten) "to eat, devour, consume," from Proto-Germanic *etanan (cf. Old Frisian ita, Old Saxon etan, Middle Dutch eten, Dutch eten, Old High German ezzan, German essen, Old Norse eta, Gothic itan), from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (see edible).
  • Transferred sense of "slow, gradual corrosion or destruction" is from 1550s. Meaning "to preoccupy, engross" (as in what's eating you?) first recorded 1893. Slang sexual sense of "do cunnilingus on" is first recorded 1927. Eat out "dine away from home" is from 1933. The slang phrase to eat one's words is from 1570s; to eat one's heart out is from 1590s; for eat one's hat, see hat.
  • noun consuming
Example sentences :
  • "But his sitting there eating in that—that shirt—" said his sister.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • They were thinking: "That greedy little girl has gone on and on eating."
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • I hung it up this morning, for the pig with the black feet was eating it.
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • A man is but a beast as he lives from day to day, eating and drinking, breathing and sleeping.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She sat back in her chair, eating little, starting at every step.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • In the middle of the night I was wakened by the sound of eating.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Now when Rico saw them all eating, he fully realized how very hungry he was.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • I even ride him in all his work now, since he took to eating the stable-boy.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • But I left you eating lotus, hollow-eyed and steeped in dreams.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Kingozi's methods of eating had in them little of the epicure.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
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