eat

  1. Verb.  (ambitransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To consume a meal.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To destroy, consume, or use up.
  5. Verb.  (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
  6. Verb.  (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
  7. Verb.  (ambitransitive) To corrode or erode.
  8. Verb.  (transitive, informal) To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.
  9. Verb.  (transitive, informal) 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.
  10. Verb.  (transitive, informal) To perform oral sex on someone.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.