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90% of the time, speakers of English use just 7,500 words in speech and writing.These words appear in red, and are graded with stars. One-star words are frequent, two-star words are morefrequent, and three-star words are the most frequent.
- to put food into your mouth and swallow it
We sat on the grass and ate our sandwiches.
Don't talk while you're eating.
I've eaten too much.
Finish your lunch – you've hardly eaten anything.
- a.to eat a particular type or amount of food
Do you eat meat/fish/eggs?
I find it difficult to persuade my family to eat a healthy diet.eat properly/healthily/sensibly (=eat food that is good for you):
Many people who live alone don't eat properly.eating habits/patterns (=what someone eats, and when they eat):
It will take time to change your children's eating habits.eat well (=have a lot of good food):
We always ate well at Aunt Milly's.
- b.to have a meal
We don't eat breakfast together, except at the weekends.
Beth ate her evening meal in the hotel.
What time shall we eat?eat at:
We ate at a small Chinese restaurant several streets away.something to eat (=food):
Where can we get something to eat?a bite to eat (=a quick meal):
Do you want to grab a bite to eat before we go?
eat someone alive
eat like a bird
eat like a horseinformal
eat someone out of house and homehumorous
eat your heart outhumorous
eat your wordsinformal
have someone eating out of your hand
what's eating someone?spoken
This is the British English definition of eat. View American English definition of eat