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| anorexia |
a psychological disorder marked by the inability to eat or the persistent refusal of food; anorexia nervosa. (Cf. bulimarexia.) |
| appetite |
a desire to eat. [1/3 definitions] |
| ate |
past tense of eat. |
| banian |
a Hindu tradesman of a caste that does not eat meat. [1/2 definitions] |
| banyan |
a Hindu tradesman of a caste that does not eat meat. [1/2 definitions] |
| bite |
to eat into, as corrosion. [2/19 definitions] |
| bolt1 |
to eat or drink hastily without chewing or tasting. [1/14 definitions] |
| breakfast |
to eat breakfast. [1/2 definitions] |
| brunch |
to eat brunch. [1/2 definitions] |
| buprestid |
any of various long, flat, brightly colored beetles whose larvae eat woody plants. |
| cannibalize |
to eat the flesh of (one's own species). [1/4 definitions] |
| carry-out |
of food prepared in a commercial establishment, ready to eat but to be taken off the premises; take-out. [1/2 definitions] |
| consume |
to eat, drink, or ingest. [1/6 definitions] |
| counter1 |
a high, flat surface, usu. long and narrow and with a solid or bulky base, at which people sit on stools or stand to transact business, eat, or prepare food. [1/2 definitions] |
| cram |
to gorge on food; eat excessively. [1/8 definitions] |
| dasyure |
any of various small nocturnal Australian marsupials, including the Tasmanian devil, that eat insects or flesh. |
| delicatessen |
a shop that sells ready-to-eat foods such as salads, cooked meats, and cheeses. [1/2 definitions] |
| devour |
to eat or swallow greedily. [1/4 definitions] |
| dine |
to eat a meal, especially the evening meal or an elegant one as part of a social occasion. [2/3 definitions] |
| dine out |
to eat dinner away from one's home. |
| done |
cooked enough and ready to eat. [1/4 definitions] |
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