eat

Definition

Examples

Most employees eat lunch in the cafeteria on the first floor.

Word Family

Synonyms

• consumeeat immoderately
• dinehave supper; eat dinner

Collocations

• Easy eat breakfast together
  to eat breakfast together, meaning to take in solid food
• Medium eat lunch at the company cafeteria
  to eat lunch at the company cafeteria, meaning to take in solid food
• Hard rising costs eat into profit margins
  to rising costs eat into profit margins, meaning to move upward
• Very Hard forced to eat humble pie after error
  to forced to eat humble pie after error, meaning to to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :