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Synonyms for eat

have a meal

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for eat

to take (food) into the body as nourishment

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to do away with completely and destructively

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to consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction

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eat up: to eat completely or entirely

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eat up: to be avidly interested in

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eat up: to like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively

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Synonyms for eat

worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

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cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

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"She may also eat my wheelbarrow," added a pleasant looking Muffin.
But Toto and Billina can't be 'spected to go hungry when the town's full of good things they like to eat, 'cause they can't understand your stingy ways as I do."
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Peppino pretended not to hear him, and without even turning his head continued to eat slowly.
"Now look here, I want something to eat! To eat -- do you hear?"
It signifies nothing whether you eat much or little -- whether you have ten dishes or one -- it is always the same price."
"Come," he said, "if I pay you the 100,000 francs, will you be satisfied, and allow me to eat at my ease?"
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By the way, we never eat anybody's health, always drink it.
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"You don't need milk, Eureka," remarked Dorothy; "you are big enough now to eat any kind of food."
These people don't eat such things, so perhaps on our way back they will let us get them."
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'that is letting her off too easily: she shall die a much more cruel death; I will eat her.' But the sparrow began to flutter about, and stretch out her neck and cried, 'Carter!
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For it is the nature of tigers to be cruel and ferocious, and in refusing to eat harmless living creatures I am acting as no good tiger has ever before acted.
You would only appease my appetite for a moment; so it isn't worth while to eat you."
"Billina is my friend, and you mustn't ever eat her under any circ'mstances."
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If you eat while you are watching television, driving, or talking, you cannot give your food your full attention.
Mindful eating for better health and happiness
Mindful eating means increasing interoceptive awareness -- the awareness of bodily sensations -- as you eat. That means paying attention to sensations of hunger and satiety -- the reduction of appetite and/or hunger after eating.
Mind your munching habits
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