eat
eat \'e-t\ \'a-t, chiefly Brit or substand 'et\ \'e-t-*n\ \'e-t-in\ vb or
ate; or eat.en or eat.ing [ME eten, fr. OE etan; akin to OHG ezzan to eat,
L edereX, Gk edmenai 1: to take in through the mouth as food : ingest,
chew, and swallow in t urn 2: to destroy, use up, or waste by or as if by
eating : DEVOUR 3: to consume gradually : CORRODE 1: to take food or a
meal 2: to affect something by gradual destruction or consumption - used
with into : to accept what one has fought against : to apologize or
retract under pressure : to retract what one has said - eat.er n