: to take food into your mouth and swallow it : to gradually destroy, use, or take away something : to wear something away : to bother or annoy (someone) Full Definition ateˈāt, dialectal or British ˈet; eat·enˈē-tən; eat·ing transitive verb 1: to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn 2a : to destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating expenses ate up the profits gadgets that eat up too much space b : to bear the expense of : take a loss on the team was forced to eat the rest of his contract 3a : to consume gradually : corrode cars eaten away by rust b : to consume with vexation : bother what's eating you now 4: to enjoy eagerly or avidly : lap — used with up it was an amazing performance and the crowd ate it up 5usually vulgar : to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on — often used with out intransitive verb 1: to take food or a meal 2: to affect something by gradual destruction or consumption — usually used with into, away, or at the loss was really eating at her the controversy ate into his support
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verbˈēt
: to take food into your mouth and swallow it
: to gradually destroy, use, or take away something : to wear something away
: to bother or annoy (someone)
Full Definition
ateˈāt, dialectal or British ˈet; eat·enˈē-tən; eat·ing
transitive verb
1: to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn
2a : to destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating expenses ate up the profits gadgets that eat up too much space
b : to bear the expense of : take a loss on the team was forced to eat the rest of his contract
3a : to consume gradually : corrode cars eaten away by rust
b : to consume with vexation : bother what's eating you now
4: to enjoy eagerly or avidly : lap — used with up it was an amazing performance and the crowd ate it up
5usually vulgar : to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on — often used with out
intransitive verb
1: to take food or a meal
2: to affect something by gradual destruction or consumption — usually used with into, away, or at the loss was really eating at her the controversy ate into his support
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