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Webster 1913 Edition


Eating

Eat′ing

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Noun.
1.
The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.
2.
Something fit to be eaten; food;
as, a peach is good
eating
.
[Colloq.]
Eating house
,
a house where cooked provisions are sold, to be eaten on the premises.

Webster 1828 Edition


Eating

E'ATING

,
ppr.
Chewing and swallowing; consuming; corroding.

Definition 2024


eating

eating

English

Verb

eating

  1. present participle of eat

Adjective

eating (not comparable)

  1. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
    Wait! That's not an eating apple.

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Noun

eating (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)

  1. The act of ingesting food.
  2. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.
    I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!
  3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

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