"eat" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /iːt/ Audio: en-us-eat.ogg [US], en-uk-to eat.ogg [UK] Forms: eat [canonical], eats [third-person, singular], ate [past], eaten [past, participle], eating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|eat|eats|ate|eaten|eating}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you eat something, usually food, you put it in your mouth, chew it, and swallow it.
    Sense id: simple-eat-en-verb-zY4V6VcF
  2. If you eat the cost of something, you pay for it.
    Sense id: simple-eat-en-verb-CNvr23Ur
  3. If you eat someone, you give them sex with your mouth (oral sex)
    Sense id: simple-eat-en-verb-qE~PDj6O
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    {
      "form": "ate",
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        {
          "text": "I always eat too much good when it's Thanksgiving."
        },
        {
          "text": "My 2 year old accidentally ate chalk that she found on the table."
        }
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The supplier will have to eat the cost of returning the goods."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you eat the cost of something, you pay for it."
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you eat someone, you give them sex with your mouth (oral sex)"
      ],
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/iːt/"
    },
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      "sampa": "/i:t/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-eat.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-to eat.ogg",
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      "form": "ate",
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    },
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          "text": "I always eat too much good when it's Thanksgiving."
        },
        {
          "text": "My 2 year old accidentally ate chalk that she found on the table."
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          "text": "The supplier will have to eat the cost of returning the goods."
        }
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      ]
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      ],
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        "taboo"
      ]
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    },
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    },
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      ]
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    }
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}

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