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Webster 1913 Edition
Eating
Eat′ing
,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.
Definition 2024
eating
eating
English
Verb
eating
- present participle of eat
Adjective
eating (not comparable)
Translations
Noun
eating (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)
- The act of ingesting food.
- (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.
- I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!
- The act of corroding or consuming some substance.
Synonyms
- (ingesting food): dining, consuming, consumption
Translations
the act of consuming food
food, comestibles