گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'eat'

1 عمومی:: تحلیل‌ رفتن‌

2 عمومی:: خوردن‌

3 عمومی:: مصرف‌ كردن‌

1 general:: eat up sth to use or take away a large part of something valuable • A big old car like that eats up petrol.

2 general:: eat nouns eat breakfast/lunch/dinner etc • What time do you usually eat lunch? adverbs eat well (= have enough food, or have good food ) • The people work hard, but they eat well. eat healthily/sensibly (= eat food that will keep you healthy ) • If you eat healthily and exercise regularly, you’ll look and feel a lot better. eat properly British English , eat right American English (= eat food that will keep you healthy ) • He hadn’t been eating properly and was drinking far too much. eat hungrily (= eat a lot quickly, because you are very hungry ) • The children ate hungrily, devouring everything on their plate. eat sparingly (= eat very little ) • Carter joined us for lunch, but ate sparingly, as he always did. phrases have something/nothing to eat (= eat something/nothing ) • We’ll leave after we’ve had something to eat. have enough/plenty etc to eat • Have you had enough to eat? have little to eat (= not have enough food ) • The refugees had very little to eat and no clean water. find something to eat • I got dressed and went downstairs to find something to eat. get something to eat (= prepare or buy some food ) • I’m sure you can get something to eat on the train. sb’s eating habits (= the kinds of things they eat or drink regularly ) • The doctor asked me about my eating habits and how much I smoked. an eating disorder (= a mental illness which causes you to eat too much or too little ) • She described her battle with the eating disorder bulimia. a bite to eat (= a small meal ) • We should have time for a bite to eat before we set out. eat like a horse (= eat a lot ) • She eats like a horse but never puts on any weight! eat like a bird (= eat very little ) • Ever since she was a child, Jan had always eaten like a bird. I couldn’t eat another thing spoken (= used to say that you are completely full ) • Thanks, that was lovely, but I couldn’t eat another thing.

3 general:: eat to put food in your mouth and chew and swallow it: • Experts recommend eating plenty of fruit and vegetables. have to eat a particular food: • ‘What do you usually have for breakfast?’ ‘I usually just have coffee and toast.’ • We had the set meal. feed on something to eat a particular kind of food – used when talking about animals: • Foxes feed on a wide range of foods including mice, birds, insects, and fruit. consume written to eat or drink something – used especially in scientific or technical contexts: • Babies consume large amounts relative to their body weight. munch (on) something to eat something with big continuous movements of your mouth, especially when you are enjoying your food: • He was munching on an apple. • They were sitting on a bench munching their sandwiches. nibble (on) something to eat something by biting off very small pieces: • If you want a healthy snack, why not just nibble on a carrot? pick at something to eat only a small amount of your food because you are not hungry or do not like the food: • Lisa was so upset that she could only pick at her food. stuff/gorge yourself to eat so much food that you cannot eat anything else: • He’s always stuffing himself with cakes. • We gorged ourselves on my mother’s delicious apple tart. slurp to eat soup, noodles etc with a noisy sucking sound: • In England it’s considered rude to slurp your soup, but in some countries it’s seen as a sign of enjoyment. to eat something quickly gobble something up/down informal to eat something very quickly, especially because you like it very much or you are greedy: • You’ve gobbled up all the ice-cream! • The children gobbled it down in no time. wolf something down informal to eat food quickly, especially because you are very hungry or in a hurry: • The boy wolfed down everything on his plate and asked for more. bolt something down British English to eat food very quickly, especially because you are in a hurry: • He bolted down his breakfast and was out of the door within 5 minutes. • You shouldn’t bolt your food down like that. devour especially written to eat all of something quickly because you are very hungry: • In a very short time, the snake had devoured the whole animal. to eat less food or stop eating be on a diet to be eating less or different food than normal in order to become thinner: • No cake thanks – I’m on a diet. fast to not eat for a period of time, often for religious reasons: • Muslim people fast during the month of Ramadan.

4 general:: eat in to have a meal at home rather than in a restaurant

5 general:: eat away at sb If a bad memory or feeling eats away at someone, it makes them feel more and more unhappy.

6 general::   verb ADV. well We ate very well most of the time (= had lots of nice food). | healthily, properly, sensibly trying to eat more healthily He had not eaten properly for days. She doesn't eat sensibly (= doesn't eat food that is good for her). | hungrily | sparingly Barton did not feel very hungry and ate sparingly. | up Come on, eat up your lunch. VERB + EAT get yourself sth to, find sth to, have sth to Have you got anything to eat? | have enough to | try and/to Try and eat something. It will do you good. PHRASES eat and drink Go and get yourself something to eat and drink. | eat like a horse (= eat a lot) She's very thin but she eats like a horse!

7 general:: eat into sth to use or take away a large part of something valuable, such as money or time • The high cost of living in London is eating into my savings.

8 general:: eat (sth) up [ M ] to eat all the food that you have been given • Be a good boy and eat up your vegetables.

9 general:: eat away at sth to gradually damage or destroy something

10 general:: verb consume: We will eat our dinner together.

11 general:: eat out to eat in a restaurant • When I lived in Spain, I used to eat out all the time.

12 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with EAT, Also see DOG EAT DOG; PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING; WHAT'S EATING YOU.