Definition of eat

• - of Eat
• - of Eat
• v. t. - To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.
• v. t. - To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear.
• v. i. - To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.
• v. i. - To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.
• v. i. - To make one's way slowly.