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Ate
noun
1 Ate
Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
eat
verb
1 eat
Take in solid food.
Roget 296:
give entrance to,
give admittance to,
give the entree;
introduce,
intromit;
usher,
admit,
receive,
import,
bring in,
open the door to,
throw in,
ingest,
absorb,
imbibe,
inhale,
breathe in;
let in,
take in,
suck in,
draw in;
readmit,
resorb,
reabsorb;
snuff up,
swallow,
ingurgitate†;
engulf,
engorge;
gulp;
eat,
drink
etc.
(food)
298.
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Roget 639:
be sufficient
etc.
adj.;
suffice,
do,
just do,
satisfy,
pass muster;
have enough
etc.
n.;
eat.
one's fill,
drink one's fill,
have one's fill;
roll in,
swim in;
wallow in
etc.
(superabundance)
641;
wanton.
abound,
exuberate,
teem,
flow,
stream,
rain,
shower down;
pour,
pour in;
swarm;
bristle with;
superabound.
render sufficient
etc.
adj.;
replenish
etc.
(fill)
52.
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Roget 826:
be composed
etc.
adj..
laisser faire [Fr.],
laisser aller [Fr.];
take things easily,
take things as they come;
take it easy,
rub on,
live and let live;
take easily,
take cooly†,
take in good part;
aequam servare mentem [Lat.].
bear the brunt,
bear well;
go through,
support,
endure,
brave,
disregard.
tolerate,
suffer,
stand,
bide;
abide,
aby†;
bear with,
put up with,
take up with,
abide with;
acquiesce;
submit
etc.
(yield)
725;
submit with a good grace;
resign oneself to,
reconcile oneself to;
brook,
digest,
eat,
swallow,
pocket,
stomach.
make light of,
make the best of,
make 'a virtue of necessity'"
[Chaucer];
put a good face on,
keep one's countenance;
check
etc.
751;
check oneself.
compose,
appease
etc.
(moderate);
174;
propitiate;
repress
etc.
(restrain)
751;
render insensible
etc.
823;
overcome one's excitability,
allay one's excitability,
repress one's excitability
etc.
825;
master one's feelings.
make oneself easy;
make one's mind easy;
set one's mind at ease,
set one's mind at rest.
calm down,
cool down;
gentle;
thaw,
grow cool.
be borne,
be endured;
go down.
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Dutch: verbruiken, nuttigen, consumeren, bikken, nassen, eten, maaltijden, tafelen
2 eat
Eat a meal; take a meal.
Dutch: vreten, eten, maaltijden, tafelen
3 eat
Take in food; used of animals only:
— This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat.
— What do whales eat?.
synonym: feed.
Roget 298:
eat,
feed,
fare,
devour,
swallow,
take;
gulp,
bolt,
snap;
fall to;
despatch,
dispatch;
discuss;
take down,
get down,
gulp down;
lay in,
tuck in [Slang];
lick,
pick,
peck;
gormandize
etc.
957;
bite,
champ,
munch,
cranch†,
craunch†,
crunch,
chew,
masticate,
nibble,
gnaw,
mumble.
live on;
feed upon,
batten upon,
fatten upon,
feast upon;
browse,
graze,
crop,
regale;
carouse
etc.
(make merry)
840;
eat heartily,
do justice to,
play a good knife and fork,
banquet.
break bread,
break one's fast;
breakfast,
lunch,
dine,
take tea,
sup.
drink in,
drink up,
drink one's fill;
quaff,
sip,
sup;
suck,
suck up;
lap;
swig;
swill [Slang],
chugalug [Slang],
tipple
etc.
(be drunken)
959;
empty one's glass,
drain the cup;
toss off,
toss one's glass;
wash down,
crack a bottle,
wet one's whistle.
purvey
etc.
637.
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4 eat
Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way:
— What's eating you?.
synonym: eat on.
5 eat
Use up (resources or materials).
synonyms: consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out.
Dutch: leegmaken, opruimen, leeghalen, uitputten, verbranden, verbruiken
6 eat
Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.
synonyms: corrode, rust.
Dutch: aanvreten, bijten, corroderen, inbijten, invreten, uitbijten, uitvreten
Moby thesaurus: 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 into, eat out, eat up, engorge, engulf, erode, etch, exhaust, expend, fall to, fare, feed, feed on, finish, finish off, gnaw, gobble, gobble up, gulp, gulp down, hunger, ignore, imbibe, impoverish, ingest, ingurgitate, meal, nibble away, oxidize, partake, partake of, pitch in, pocket, pocket the affront, relish, rust, savor, spend, squander, stomach, suck dry, swallow, swallow an insult, swallow up, swill, swill down, take, taste, turn aside provocation, use up, waste away, wear away, wolf down ... show more.
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