eat#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 34
def eat a meal
def take a meal
examples We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls
I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Outgoing links
Hypernym consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Derivationally related form eat → eater; eat → eating
Also see eat → eat in; eat → eat out; eat → eat up
Hyponym take out, take away; victual; eat in, dine in; eat out, dine out; dine; picnic; eat; break bread; nosh, snack; mess; lunch; brunch; breakfast; feast, banquet, junket; gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
Verb Group eat
Incoming links
Derivationally related form eating → eat; eater → eat
Hyponym consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Hypernym take out, take away; victual; eat in, dine in; eat out, dine out; dine; picnic; eat; break bread; nosh, snack; mess; lunch; brunch; breakfast; feast, banquet, junket; gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
Verb Group eat
Entailment tuck in, tuck away, put away; wine and dine

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