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| done |
cooked enough and ready to eat. [1/4 definitions] |
| eatable |
(usu. pl.) something to eat; food. [1/2 definitions] |
| eat up |
to finish eating, or to eat the entire amount of something, often quickly. [1/5 definitions] |
| engorge |
to eat greedily. [1/3 definitions] |
| erode |
to slowly wear away, eat into, or destroy by the action of friction, or as if by friction. [1/3 definitions] |
| esculent |
fit to eat; edible. [1/2 definitions] |
| etch |
to cut or eat into (a hard material, such as a printer's plate, glass, stone, or the like), esp. with acid, usu. so as to produce an image, design, or lettering. [1/4 definitions] |
| fare |
to eat, on one occasion or regularly (usu. fol. by "on"). [1/5 definitions] |
| fast2 |
to cease to eat food. [3/4 definitions] |
| feast |
to eat heartily or partake of a sumptuous meal. [1/6 definitions] |
| feed |
to eat food; take nourishment. [1/13 definitions] |
| feed on |
usu. of animals, to eat (a certain type of thing) as food. |
| force-feed |
to force (one) to eat, learn, or accept something either against the will or at an uncomfortably fast pace. |
| fresh |
still good to eat or drink; not spoiled. [1/11 definitions] |
| get down |
to manage to swallow or eat (something). [1/7 definitions] |
| gluttonous |
inclined to eat excessively; voracious. |
| gobble1 |
to eat in a hasty, greedy, and sometimes noisy manner (often fol. by "up"). [2/3 definitions] |
| good |
enjoyable to eat or drink. [1/25 definitions] |
| goody |
(informal; usu. pl.) something that is very pleasing, delightful, or desirable, esp. something sweet or delicious to eat. [1/2 definitions] |
| gorge |
to eat to great excess. [1/6 definitions] |
| gormandize |
to eat voraciously and excessively; gorge. |
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