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eat
verb as in consume food
Strong matches
absorb, banquet, bolt, breakfast, cram, digest, dispatch, gorge, gormandize, graze, lunch, masticate, munch, nosh, ruminate, scarf, scoff, snack, sup, wolf
Weak matches
break bread, chow down, dispose of, fall to, feast upon, gobble up, have a bite, have a meal, have for, make pig of oneself, partake of, peck at, pig out, polish off, pork out, put away, take food, take in, take nourishment
Example Sentences
"The child still needs to go to school, you still need to prepare breakfast. You still need to try and be strong for that person. It eats away at your mindset, your mental health."
"Food insecurity could reach unprecedented levels by late 2025 into mid-2026," he said, noting that more than 14 million Syrians - six in 10 people - are already struggling to eat enough.
During their stay, the family ate a number of times at Good Morning Vietnam, a well known Italian restaurant, where they enjoyed the food and received free shots of homemade limoncello at the end.
He also had his backpack stolen from outside the kebab shop where he was eating, but retained his passport as it was being worn around his neck.
For example, an athlete will eat more carbohydrates to give them the energy stores they need.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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