"eating" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈiːtɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈitɪŋ/ [US], [ˈiɾɪŋ] [US] Audio: en-us-eating.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} eating (not comparable)
  1. Bred to be eaten. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-eating-en-adj-Wd0ykXGf
  2. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked. Tags: not-comparable Translations (suitable to be eaten without cooking): ruoka- (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-eating-en-adj-eZoeern5 Disambiguation of 'suitable to be eaten without cooking': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eating apple
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈiːtɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈitɪŋ/ [US], [ˈiɾɪŋ] [US] Audio: en-us-eating.ogg [US] Forms: eatings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English etynge, from Old English eting. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|etynge}} Middle English etynge, {{inh|en|ang|eting}} Old English eting Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} eating (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)
  1. The act of ingesting food. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (ingesting food): dining, consuming, consumption
    Sense id: en-eating-en-noun-KIGHFyCc Disambiguation of 'ingesting food': 63 34 4
  2. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine. Tags: countable, dialectal, informal, uncountable Translations (food, comestibles): е́жа (jéža) [feminine] (Belarusian), храна́ (hraná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ruoka (Finnish), bouffe [feminine] (French), manger [masculine] (French), rooka (Ingrian), söökki (Ingrian), toitto (Ingrian), toittu (Ingrian), söömiin (Ingrian), лапачка (lapačka) [feminine] (Macedonian), comestível (Portuguese), еда́ (jedá) [feminine] (Russian), пи́ща (píšča) [feminine] (Russian), ї́жа (jíža) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-eating-en-noun-0a2MBIbU Disambiguation of 'food, comestibles': 34 61 5
  3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eating-en-noun-LuU1EImu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (the act of consuming food): أَكْل (ʔakl) [masculine] (Arabic), хра́нене (hránene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), jídlo [neuter] (Czech), jezení [neuter] (Czech), Assn [neuter] (East Central German), syöminen (Finnish), ruokailu (Finnish), Essen [neuter] (German), אֲכִילָה (Hebrew), evés (Hungarian), pemakanan (Indonesian), söömiin (Ingrian), mangiare (Italian), 食べること (taberu koto) (alt: たべること) (Japanese), učči (Kabyle), 먹기 (meokgi) (Korean), јадење (jadenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), pemakanan (Malay), yayun (Ngarrindjeri), ǣt [masculine] (Old English), jedzenie [neuter] (Polish), consumível (Portuguese), приём пи́щи (prijóm píšči) [masculine] (Russian), приня́тие пи́щи (prinjátije píšči) [neuter] (Russian), kula (Swahili), తినుట (tinuṭa) (Telugu)
Etymology number: 2 Derived forms: eating disorder, eating habit, eating house, eating irons, emotional eating, fish-eating, intuitive eating, large leaf-eating ladybird, plant-eating, sin eating, snake-eating cobra, social eating, worm-eating warbler Disambiguation of 'the act of consuming food': 38 27 34

Verb

IPA: /ˈiːtɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈitɪŋ/ [US], [ˈiɾɪŋ] [US] Audio: en-us-eating.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} eating
  1. present participle and gerund of eat Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: eat
    Sense id: en-eating-en-verb-3jLmc3aO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 17 15 2 2 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "lapačka",
          "sense": "food, comestibles",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "food, comestibles",
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          "roman": "jedá",
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      "word": "pemakanan"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "mangiare"
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      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "alt": "たべること",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taberu koto",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
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      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "code": "kab",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "meokgi",
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      "word": "먹기"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "jadenje",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
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      "word": "јадење"
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      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "pemakanan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "code": "nay",
      "lang": "Ngarrindjeri",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "yayun"
    },
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      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ǣt"
    },
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      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jedzenie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "consumível"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prijóm píšči",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приём пи́щи"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinjátije píšči",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "приня́тие пи́щи"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "kula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "38 27 34",
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}
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}

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      "word": "eating house"
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      "word": "eating irons"
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      "word": "emotional eating"
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      "word": "fish-eating"
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      "word": "intuitive eating"
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    {
      "word": "large leaf-eating ladybird"
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    {
      "word": "plant-eating"
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    {
      "word": "sin eating"
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    {
      "word": "snake-eating cobra"
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      "word": "dining"
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      "roman": "ʔakl",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَكْل"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "hránene",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "хра́нене"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jídlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jezení"
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    {
      "code": "gmw-ecg",
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      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Assn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "syöminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "ruokailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Essen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "אֲכִילָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "evés"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "pemakanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "söömiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "mangiare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たべること",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taberu koto",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "食べること"
    },
    {
      "code": "kab",
      "lang": "Kabyle",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "učči"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "meokgi",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "먹기"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "jadenje",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "јадење"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "pemakanan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nay",
      "lang": "Ngarrindjeri",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "yayun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ǣt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jedzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "consumível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prijóm píšči",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приём пи́щи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinjátije píšči",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "приня́тие пи́щи"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
      "word": "kula"
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    {
      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "tinuṭa",
      "sense": "the act of consuming food",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jéža",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "е́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hraná",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "храна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "word": "ruoka"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bouffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manger"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "word": "rooka"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "word": "söökki"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "word": "toitto"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "word": "toittu"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "word": "söömiin"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lapačka",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лапачка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "word": "comestível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jedá",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "еда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "píšča",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пи́ща"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jíža",
      "sense": "food, comestibles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ї́жа"
    }
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}

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