1. to put food in your mouth and swallow it
2. to have a meal
3. to gradually destroy or damage something
Usage: figurative

Examples

• She eats an apple every morning.
• We usually eat dinner at six o’clock.
• The children ate all the cookies.
• Let’s eat at that new restaurant tonight.
• Acid rain eats away at the stone buildings.
• The repairs will eat into our savings.
• Don’t eat with your mouth open.