Eater

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food). 1.2 to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode 1.3 to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion. 1.4 to ravage or devastate 1.5 to use up, esp. wastefully; consume (often fol. by up ) 1.6 to absorb or pay for 1.7 Slang 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to consume food; take a meal 2.2 to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion 3 Noun 3.1 eats, Informal . food. ? 4 Verb phrases 4.1 eat away or into, to destroy gradually, as by erosion 4.2 eat out, to have a meal at a restaurant rather than at home. 4.3 eat up, 5 Idioms 5.1 be eating someone, Informal . to worry, annoy 5.2 eat crow. crow 1 ( def. 7 ) . 5.3 eat high off the hog. hog ( def. 9 ) . 5.4 eat humble pie. humble pie ( def. 3 ) . 5.5 eat in 5.6 eat one's heart out. heart ( def. 24 ) . 5.7 eat one's terms. term ( def. 17 ) . 5.8 eat one's words. word ( def. 15 ) . 5.9 eat out of one's hand. hand ( def. 49 ) . 5.10 eat someone out of house and home 5.11 eat someone's lunch, Slang . to thoroughly defeat, outdo, injure 5.12 eat the wind out of

Verb (used with object)

to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).

to consume by or as if by devouring gradually; wear away; corrode

The patient was eaten by disease and pain.

to make (a hole, passage, etc.), as by gnawing or corrosion.

to ravage or devastate

a forest eaten by fire.

to use up, esp. wastefully; consume (often fol. by up )

Unexpected expenses have been eating up their savings.

to absorb or pay for

The builder had to eat the cost of the repairs.

Slang

Vulgar to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on.

Verb (used without object)

to consume food; take a meal

We'll eat at six o'clock.

to make a way, as by gnawing or corrosion

Acid ate through the linoleum.

Noun

eats, Informal . food. ?

Verb phrases

eat away or into, to destroy gradually, as by erosion

For eons, the pounding waves ate away at the shoreline.

eat out, to have a meal at a restaurant rather than at home.

eat up,

to consume wholly.

to show enthusiasm for; take pleasure in

The audience ate up everything he said.

to believe without question. ?

Idioms

be eating someone, Informal . to worry, annoy

or bother

Something seems to be eating himhe's been wearing a frown all day.

eat crow. crow 1 ( def. 7 ) .

eat high off the hog. hog ( def. 9 ) .

eat humble pie. humble pie ( def. 3 ) .

eat in

to eat or dine at home.

eat one's heart out. heart ( def. 24 ) .

eat one's terms. term ( def. 17 ) .

eat one's words. word ( def. 15 ) .

eat out of one's hand. hand ( def. 49 ) .

eat someone out of house and home

to eat so much as to strain someone's resources of food or money

A group of hungry teenagers can eat you out of house and home.

eat someone's lunch, Slang . to thoroughly defeat, outdo, injure

etc.

eat the wind out of

Nautical . to blanket (a sailing vessel sailing close-hauled) by sailing close on the weather side of.