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• eat — W1S1 [i:t] v past tense ate [et, eıt US eıt] past participle eaten [ˈi:tn] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(meal)¦ 3 eat your words 4 eat your heart out 5 eat somebody alive/eat somebody for breakfast 6¦(use)¦ 7 eat humble pie …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• eat — [ it ] (past tense ate [ eıt ] ; past participle eat|en [ itn ] ) verb intransitive or transitive *** 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.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• eat — ► VERB (past ate; past part. eaten) 1) put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it. 2) (eat out or in) have a meal in a restaurant (or at home). 3) (eat something away or eat away at/into) gradually erode or des …   English terms dictionary

• eat one's heart out — {v. phr.} To grieve long and hopelessly; to become thin and weak from sorrow. * /For months after her husband s death, Joanne simply ate her heart out./ * /We sometimes hear of a dog eating its heart out for a dead owner./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• eat one's heart out — {v. phr.} To grieve long and hopelessly; to become thin and weak from sorrow. * /For months after her husband s death, Joanne simply ate her heart out./ * /We sometimes hear of a dog eating its heart out for a dead owner./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• eat */*/*/ — UK [iːt] / US [ɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms eat : present tense I/you/we/they eat he/she/it eats present participle eating past tense ate UK [et] / UK [eɪt] / US [eɪt] past participle eaten UK [ˈiːt(ə)n] / US [ˈɪt(ə)n] Other ways …   English dictionary

• eat*/*/*/ — [iːt] (past tense ate [et] ; [eɪt] ; past participle eaten [ˈiːt(ə)n] ) verb 1) [I/T] to put food into your mouth and swallow it Did you eat your sandwich?[/ex] My sister doesn t eat meat, but she eats fish.[/ex] Don t talk while you re… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• eat one’s heart out — 1. tv. to suffer from sorrow or grief. □ She has been eating her heart out over that jerk ever since he ran away with Tracy. □ Don’t eat your heart out. You really didn’t like him that much, did you? 2. tv. to suffer from envy or jealousy.… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• out — 1. adverb /aʊt,ʌʊt/ a) Away from home or ones usual place, or not indoors. Lets eat out tonight b) Away from; at a distance. Leave a message with my secretary if Im out when you call. Syn …   Wiktionary

• eat — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, assimilate, bite, bleed white, break bread, burn up, canker, consume, corrode, count calories, deplete, devour, diet, digest, disregard, dissolve, down, drain, drain of resources, drink, eat away, eat… …   Moby Thesaurus