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Ate

noun

1 Ate

Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.


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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, ... show more

Roget 639: be sufficient etc. adj.; suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster; have enough etc. n.; eat.    one's fill, ... show more

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.].    ... show more

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, ... show more

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 ... show more.

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