eat
v 1: take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you
eat for dinner last night?"
2: eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M.
because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat
yet, fo I gladly accept your invitation"
3: take in food; used of animals only: "This dog doesn't eat
certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" [syn: {feed}]
4: use up, as of resources or materials; "this car consumes a
lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through
20 bottles of wine a week" [syn: {consume}, {eat up}, {use
up}, {deplete}, {exhaust}, {run through}, {wipe out}]
5: worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way: "What's eating
you?" [syn: {eat on}]
6: cause to rust; "The acid corroded the metal" [syn: {corrode},
{rust}]