eats
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Synonyms:
food Collocations, victuals, meal Collocations, comestibles, goodies , nosh , slang Collocations, grub Collocations , a bite to eat, nibbles, snacks, nourishment, something to eat, fare Collocations, rations, sustenance, titbits , tidbits , vittles , chow
eat
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Sense: Verb: consume food
Synonyms:
consume Collocations, swallow Collocations, gobble, gorge Collocations, feast Collocations, dig in , have a meal, have a bite to eat, grab a bite to eat, have lunch, have breakfast, have dinner, have supper, have brunch, dine Collocations, graze Collocations, eat up, stuff yourself , stuff your face , snack Collocations, overeat, enjoy a meal, lunch Collocations, breakfast Collocations, have tea, eat out, dine out, pig out , make a pig of yourself , crunch Collocations, nosh , eat sb out of house and home , feed Collocations, digest Collocations, masticate
Antonyms:
vomit, throw up , barf , purge Collocations, starve Collocations, fast Collocations, diet Collocations, puke Collocations
Sense: Verb: consume as food
Synonyms:
devour, bite Collocations, chew Collocations, consume Collocations, swallow Collocations, gorge on, wolf down , bolt down , feast on, dine on, dig in to , munch, have Collocations, peck at, pick at, graze on, polish off, chow down on , scarf down , scarf Collocations , scoff , gobble up, crunch Collocations, chomp, taste Collocations, try Collocations, attack Collocations, savor, savour , enjoy Collocations, partake of, ingest, snack on, nibble Collocations, cram Collocations, gulp, tuck into , tuck away , put away , pack away , stuff Collocations , live off, live on, feed on, take in, masticate, digest Collocations, make short work of , inhale , snarf , eat up
Sense: Verb: reduce gradually
Synonyms:
eat away at, eat into, eat up, run through, gnaw, corrode, bite at, drain Collocations, wear away, rust away, deplete Collocations, erode, consume Collocations, devour, reduce Collocations, ravage, use up, destroy Collocations, decimate, ruin Collocations, dissolve, melt Collocations, waste Collocations, dissipate, squander Collocations
Antonyms:
increase Collocations, build Collocations, strengthen Collocations, add to, coagulate, solidify, maintain Collocations, preserve Collocations, regenerate, restore Collocations
Sense: Verb: bother
Synonyms:
bother Collocations, annoy, bug Collocations, gnaw at, eat at, eat away at, irk, peeve, vex, frost Collocations, irritate, exasperate, burn up, worry Collocations, trouble Collocations, perturb, disturb Collocations, make sb anxious
Antonyms:
please Collocations, satisfy Collocations, delight Collocations, appease, gratify, comfort Collocations