What is "eating" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 25-10-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does eating mean in English? Meaning of eating definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "eating" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "eating": the act of consuming food

Noun

  • Meaning: the act of consuming food
  • Synonyms: eating feeding
  • Hyponyms: banqueting bite browse browsing chomp coprophagia coprophagy degustation dining engorgement feasting graze grazing lunching mycophagy necrophagia necrophagy omophagia relishing repletion savoring savouring scatophagy supping surfeit tasting
  • Hypernyms: consumption ingestion intake uptake
  • Part Holonyms: chew chewing manduction mastication
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˈitɪŋ/, [ˈiɾɪŋ]

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˈiːtɪŋ/

  • Adjective: Present participle of eat.
  • Synonyms:

    consumption, devouring, overindulgence, biting, dining, chewing, gluttony, masticating, munching, snacking, binging, nibbling, gobbling, feasting on, feeding on, gorging on, gourmandization, having a meal, pigging out, stuffing oneself,

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    eating in English: eating
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