eat
Pronunciation
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- (transitive & intransitive) If you eat something, usually food, you put it in your mouth, chew it, and swallow it.
- I always eat too much good when it's Thanksgiving.
- My 2 year old accidentally ate chalk that she found on the table.
- (transitive) If you eat the cost of something, you pay for it.
- The supplier will have to eat the cost of returning the goods.
- (taboo) If you eat someone, you give them sex with your mouth (oral sex)