"먹다" meaning in Korean

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Verb

IPA: [mʌ̹k̚t͈a̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul]
Etymology: First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 먹다〮 (Yale: mèk-tá). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|wc|먹다〮|mèk-tá}} First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 먹다〮 (Yale: mèk-tá). Head templates: {{ko-verb}} 먹다 • (meokda) (infinitive 먹어, sequential 먹으니) Forms: meokda [romanization], 먹어 [infinitive], 먹으니 [sequential], no-table-tags [table-tags], 먹는다 [formal, indicative, non-past], 먹어 [indicative, informal, non-past], 먹어요 [indicative, informal, non-past, polite], 먹습니다 [formal, indicative, non-past, polite], 먹었다 [formal, indicative, past], 먹었어 [indicative, informal, past], 먹었어요 [indicative, informal, past, polite], 먹었습니다 [formal, indicative, past, polite], 먹느냐 [formal, interrogative, non-past], 먹어 [informal, interrogative, non-past], 먹어요 [informal, interrogative, non-past, polite], 먹습니까 [formal, interrogative, non-past, polite], 먹었느냐 [formal, interrogative, past], 먹었어 [informal, interrogative, past], 먹었어요 [informal, interrogative, past, polite], 먹었습니까 [formal, interrogative, past, polite], 먹자 [formal, hortative], 먹어 [hortative, informal], 먹어요 [hortative, informal, polite], 먹으십시다 [formal, hortative, polite], 먹어라 [formal, imperative], 먹어 [imperative, informal], 먹어요 [imperative, informal, polite], 먹읍시오 [formal, imperative, polite], 먹겠다 [assertive, formal], 먹겠어 [assertive, informal], 먹겠어요 [assertive, informal, polite], 먹겠습니다 [assertive, formal, polite], 먹어 [causative, formal], 먹어서 [causative, informal], 먹으니 [causative, informal, polite], 먹으니까 [causative, formal, polite], 먹지만 [contrastive, formal], 먹는데 [contrastive, informal], 먹더니 [contrastive, informal, polite], 먹고 [conjunctive, formal], 먹으면 [conditional, formal], 먹어야 [conditional, informal], 먹으려고 [formal, motive-form], 먹음 [formal, noun-from-verb], 먹기 [informal, noun-from-verb], 먹었음 [formal, noun-from-verb, past], 먹었기 [informal, noun-from-verb, past], 먹은 [determiner, formal, past], 먹는 [determiner, formal, present], 먹을 [determiner, formal, future]
  1. to eat, drink, have, consume (food or liquid)
    Sense id: en-먹다-ko-verb-K~oCIpGk
  2. to pocket, embezzle, seize upon
    Sense id: en-먹다-ko-verb-uTCPM8es Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean entries with language name categories using raw markup, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 6 60 5 16 7 5 Disambiguation of Korean entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 65 4 13 5 4 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 6 60 5 16 7 5 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 5 66 4 14 6 4
  3. to receive, get
    Sense id: en-먹다-ko-verb-WJKBy3Y8
  4. to make up (one's mind), be determined
    Sense id: en-먹다-ko-verb-DKX160RK Categories (other): Native Korean words Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 8 8 8 17 8 29 12 8
  5. to grow older
    Sense id: en-먹다-ko-verb-wluwnBOY
  6. (figuratively, slang, vulgar) to screw, fuck Tags: figuratively, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-먹다-ko-verb-jjtmvjAd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 까마귀 고기를 먹었나 (kkamagwi gogireul meogeonna), 먹거리 (meokgeori) (english: food), 먹이 (meogi) (english: feed), 먹새 (meoksae) (english: way of eating, appetite), 먹성(性) (meokseong) (english: appetite), 먹보 (meokbo) (english: glutton), 먹사 (meoksa) (english: corrupt pastor) Related terms: 머금다 (meogeumda) (english: to hold/keep something in one's mouth), 마시다 (masida) (english: to drink)

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kkamagwi gogireul meogeonna",
      "word": "까마귀 고기를 먹었나"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "food",
      "roman": "meokgeori",
      "word": "먹거리"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "feed",
      "roman": "meogi",
      "word": "먹이"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "way of eating, appetite",
      "roman": "meoksae",
      "word": "먹새"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "appetite",
      "roman": "meokseong",
      "word": "먹성(性)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "glutton",
      "roman": "meokbo",
      "word": "먹보"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "corrupt pastor",
      "roman": "meoksa",
      "word": "먹사"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wc",
        "2": "먹다〮",
        "3": "mèk-tá"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 먹다〮 (Yale: mèk-tá).",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 먹다〮 (Yale: mèk-tá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meokda",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으니",
      "tags": [
        "sequential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ko-conj/verb",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consonant-stem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹는다",
      "roman": "meongneunda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어요",
      "roman": "meogeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹습니다",
      "roman": "meokseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었다",
      "roman": "meogeotda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었어",
      "roman": "meogeosseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었어요",
      "roman": "meogeosseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었습니다",
      "roman": "meogeotseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹느냐",
      "roman": "meongneunya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어요",
      "roman": "meogeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹습니까",
      "roman": "meokseumnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었느냐",
      "roman": "meogeonneunya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었어",
      "roman": "meogeosseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었어요",
      "roman": "meogeosseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었습니까",
      "roman": "meogeotseumnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹자",
      "roman": "meokja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "hortative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hortative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어요",
      "roman": "meogeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hortative",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으십시다",
      "roman": "meogeusipsida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "hortative",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어라",
      "roman": "meogeora",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어요",
      "roman": "meogeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹읍시오",
      "roman": "meogeupsio",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹겠다",
      "roman": "meokgetda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹겠어",
      "roman": "meokgesseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹겠어요",
      "roman": "meokgesseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹겠습니다",
      "roman": "meokgetseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어서",
      "roman": "meogeoseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으니",
      "roman": "meogeuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으니까",
      "roman": "meogeunikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹지만",
      "roman": "meokjiman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹는데",
      "roman": "meongneunde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹더니",
      "roman": "meokdeoni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹고",
      "roman": "meokgo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으면",
      "roman": "meogeumyeon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어야",
      "roman": "meogeoya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으려고",
      "roman": "meogeuryeogo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "motive-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹음",
      "roman": "meogeum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹기",
      "roman": "meokgi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었음",
      "roman": "meogeosseum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었기",
      "roman": "meogeotgi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹은",
      "roman": "meogeun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹는",
      "roman": "meongneun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "formal",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹을",
      "roman": "meogeul",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "formal",
        "future"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "먹다 • (meokda) (infinitive 먹어, sequential 먹으니)",
      "name": "ko-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to hold/keep something in one's mouth",
      "roman": "meogeumda",
      "word": "머금다"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to drink",
      "roman": "masida",
      "word": "마시다"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to eat food",
          "roman": "bab-eul meokda",
          "text": "밥을 먹다",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Have you had your breakfast?",
          "roman": "Achim-eun meogeonni?",
          "text": "아침은 먹었니?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to drink wine",
          "roman": "sur-eul meokda",
          "text": "술을 먹다",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.",
          "roman": "Geu yeoja-neun geu eumsig-eul jom meogeotda. Geureonde modu meokgi-eneun geureoke baegopeuji anatda. Geuraeseo najung-e da meogeuryeogo naengjanggo-e geugeos-eul neo'eo dueotda.",
          "text": "그 여자는 그 음식을 좀 먹었다. 그런데 모두 먹기에는 그렇게 배고프지 않았다. 그래서 나중에 다 먹으려고 냉장고에 그것을 넣어 두었다.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eat, drink, have, consume (food or liquid)"
      ],
      "id": "en-먹다-ko-verb-K~oCIpGk",
      "links": [
        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ],
        [
          "drink",
          "drink"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "consume",
          "consume"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 60 5 16 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 65 4 13 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 60 5 16 7 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 66 4 14 6 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pocket, embezzle, seize upon"
      ],
      "id": "en-먹다-ko-verb-uTCPM8es",
      "links": [
        [
          "pocket",
          "pocket"
        ],
        [
          "embezzle",
          "embezzle"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to receive, get"
      ],
      "id": "en-먹다-ko-verb-WJKBy3Y8",
      "links": [
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ],
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 8 17 8 29 12 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Native Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make up (one's mind), be determined"
      ],
      "id": "en-먹다-ko-verb-DKX160RK",
      "links": [
        [
          "make up",
          "make up"
        ],
        [
          "determined",
          "determined"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to be not so old as one looks",
          "roman": "bogiboda-neun nai-reul meokji anta",
          "text": "보기보다는 나이를 먹지 않다",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a man of years",
          "roman": "nai meogeun saram",
          "text": "나이 먹은 사람",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow older"
      ],
      "id": "en-먹다-ko-verb-wluwnBOY",
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I fucked my girlfriend last night",
          "roman": "Eojetbam yeojachin'gu-reul meogeotda.",
          "text": "어젯밤 여자친구를 먹었다.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to screw, fuck"
      ],
      "id": "en-먹다-ko-verb-jjtmvjAd",
      "links": [
        [
          "screw",
          "screw"
        ],
        [
          "fuck",
          "fuck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, slang, vulgar) to screw, fuck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mʌ̹k̚t͈a̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[먹따]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "먹다"
}
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    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean suppletive verbs",
    "Korean terms derived from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with audio links",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Korean verbs",
    "Native Korean words"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kkamagwi gogireul meogeonna",
      "word": "까마귀 고기를 먹었나"
    },
    {
      "english": "food",
      "roman": "meokgeori",
      "word": "먹거리"
    },
    {
      "english": "feed",
      "roman": "meogi",
      "word": "먹이"
    },
    {
      "english": "way of eating, appetite",
      "roman": "meoksae",
      "word": "먹새"
    },
    {
      "english": "appetite",
      "roman": "meokseong",
      "word": "먹성(性)"
    },
    {
      "english": "glutton",
      "roman": "meokbo",
      "word": "먹보"
    },
    {
      "english": "corrupt pastor",
      "roman": "meoksa",
      "word": "먹사"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "wc",
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      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 먹다〮 (Yale: mèk-tá).",
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    {
      "form": "meokda",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으니",
      "tags": [
        "sequential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ko-conj/verb",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "consonant-stem",
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    {
      "form": "먹는다",
      "roman": "meongneunda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어요",
      "roman": "meogeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹습니다",
      "roman": "meokseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
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    },
    {
      "form": "먹었다",
      "roman": "meogeotda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었어",
      "roman": "meogeosseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었어요",
      "roman": "meogeosseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었습니다",
      "roman": "meogeotseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹느냐",
      "roman": "meongneunya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어요",
      "roman": "meogeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹습니까",
      "roman": "meokseumnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었느냐",
      "roman": "meogeonneunya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었어",
      "roman": "meogeosseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었어요",
      "roman": "meogeosseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었습니까",
      "roman": "meogeotseumnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹자",
      "roman": "meokja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "hortative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hortative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어요",
      "roman": "meogeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "hortative",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으십시다",
      "roman": "meogeusipsida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "hortative",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어라",
      "roman": "meogeora",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어요",
      "roman": "meogeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹읍시오",
      "roman": "meogeupsio",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹겠다",
      "roman": "meokgetda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹겠어",
      "roman": "meokgesseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹겠어요",
      "roman": "meokgesseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹겠습니다",
      "roman": "meokgetseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어",
      "roman": "meogeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어서",
      "roman": "meogeoseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으니",
      "roman": "meogeuni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으니까",
      "roman": "meogeunikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹지만",
      "roman": "meokjiman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹는데",
      "roman": "meongneunde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹더니",
      "roman": "meokdeoni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹고",
      "roman": "meokgo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으면",
      "roman": "meogeumyeon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹어야",
      "roman": "meogeoya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹으려고",
      "roman": "meogeuryeogo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "motive-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹음",
      "roman": "meogeum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹기",
      "roman": "meokgi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었음",
      "roman": "meogeosseum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹었기",
      "roman": "meogeotgi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹은",
      "roman": "meogeun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹는",
      "roman": "meongneun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "formal",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "먹을",
      "roman": "meogeul",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "formal",
        "future"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "먹다 • (meokda) (infinitive 먹어, sequential 먹으니)",
      "name": "ko-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to hold/keep something in one's mouth",
      "roman": "meogeumda",
      "word": "머금다"
    },
    {
      "english": "to drink",
      "roman": "masida",
      "word": "마시다"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to eat food",
          "roman": "bab-eul meokda",
          "text": "밥을 먹다",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Have you had your breakfast?",
          "roman": "Achim-eun meogeonni?",
          "text": "아침은 먹었니?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to drink wine",
          "roman": "sur-eul meokda",
          "text": "술을 먹다",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.",
          "roman": "Geu yeoja-neun geu eumsig-eul jom meogeotda. Geureonde modu meokgi-eneun geureoke baegopeuji anatda. Geuraeseo najung-e da meogeuryeogo naengjanggo-e geugeos-eul neo'eo dueotda.",
          "text": "그 여자는 그 음식을 좀 먹었다. 그런데 모두 먹기에는 그렇게 배고프지 않았다. 그래서 나중에 다 먹으려고 냉장고에 그것을 넣어 두었다.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eat, drink, have, consume (food or liquid)"
      ],
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        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ],
        [
          "drink",
          "drink"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "consume",
          "consume"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pocket, embezzle, seize upon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pocket",
          "pocket"
        ],
        [
          "embezzle",
          "embezzle"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to receive, get"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ],
        [
          "get",
          "get"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make up (one's mind), be determined"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make up",
          "make up"
        ],
        [
          "determined",
          "determined"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to be not so old as one looks",
          "roman": "bogiboda-neun nai-reul meokji anta",
          "text": "보기보다는 나이를 먹지 않다",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a man of years",
          "roman": "nai meogeun saram",
          "text": "나이 먹은 사람",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow older"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean slang",
        "Korean terms with usage examples",
        "Korean vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I fucked my girlfriend last night",
          "roman": "Eojetbam yeojachin'gu-reul meogeotda.",
          "text": "어젯밤 여자친구를 먹었다.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to screw, fuck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "screw",
          "screw"
        ],
        [
          "fuck",
          "fuck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, slang, vulgar) to screw, fuck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mʌ̹k̚t͈a̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[먹따]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "먹다"
}

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