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{ "term": "eat", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "eat", "heSheIt": "eats" }, "pastSimple": "ate", "pastParticiple": "eaten", "ingForm": "eating" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to put food in your mouth, bite it and swallow it", "sensetop": "eat something", "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I was too nervous to eat." }, { "text": "to **eat well/healthily**" }, { "text": "She doesn't **eat properly** *(= doesn't eat food that is good for her)*." }, { "text": "I don't eat meat.", "contextForm": "eat something" }, { "text": "to eat breakfast/lunch/dinner" }, { "text": "Would you like something to eat?" }, { "text": "I couldn't eat another thing *(= I have had enough food)*." }, { "text": "Barton did not feel very hungry and ate sparingly." }, { "text": "Do you have anything to eat?" }, { "text": "Keep a record of everything you eat and drink." }, { "text": "Do you want to grab a bite to eat?" }, { "text": "Everyone happily ate the huge meal." }, { "text": "Go and get yourself something to eat and drink." }, { "text": "He had not eaten properly for days." }, { "text": "She'd barely eaten any breakfast." }, { "text": "He's not eating enough." }, { "text": "I'm trying to eat more healthily." }, { "text": "Try and eat something. It will do you good." }, { "text": "We ate very well most of the time." }, { "text": "I ate junk food and stopped working out." }, { "text": "Try to eat a balanced diet." } ], "topics": ["Cooking and eating"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["well", "a lot", "enough"], "verb + eat": [ "find something to", "get (yourself) something to", "grab something to" ], "phrases": ["a bite to eat", "eat and drink", "eat like a horse"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to have a meal", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Where shall we eat tonight?" }, { "text": "We ate at a pizzeria." }, { "text": "I never eat in the school cafeteria." }, { "text": "We eventually sat down to eat at 8.30 p.m." }, { "text": "We went out to eat for a Chinese New Year celebration." }, { "text": "Let's go eat." } ], "topics": ["Cooking and eating"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["well", "a lot", "enough"], "verb + eat": [ "find something to", "get (yourself) something to", "grab something to" ], "phrases": ["a bite to eat", "eat and drink", "eat like a horse"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a situation in business, politics, etc. where there is a lot of competition and people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed", "examples": [ { "text": "I'm afraid in this line of work it's a case of dog eat dog." }, { "text": "We're operating in a dog-eat-dog world." } ], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to criticize or punish somebody severely because you are extremely angry with them", "examples": [ { "text": "He’ll eat you alive if he ever finds out." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to defeat somebody completely in an argument, a competition, etc.", "examples": [ { "text": "The defence lawyers are going to eat you alive tomorrow." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to bite somebody many times", "examples": [ { "text": "I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to accept bad treatment and being made to feel small or stupid", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Her mother ate dirt in poorly-paid jobs just so the family could stay in the country." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "said to encourage somebody to enjoy life now, while they can, and not to think of the future", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to compare two things and say that one of them is better", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Look at him dance! Eat your heart out, Fred Astaire *(= he dances even better than Fred Astaire)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to feel very unhappy, especially because you want somebody/something you cannot have", "labels": "(especially British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "I’m not going to mope at home, eating my heart out for him." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to eat a lot", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "She may be thin, but she eats like a horse." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to trust somebody and be willing to do what they say", "examples": [ { "text": "She'll have them eating out of her hand in no time." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to eat a lot of somebody else’s food", "labels": "(informal, often humorous)", "examples": [ { "text": "How much longer is he staying? He’s eating us out of house and home." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to admit that what you said was wrong", "examples": [ { "text": "When he told her she would fail, she swore she would make him eat his words." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have the advantages of something without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that you are very hungry", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that you think something is very unlikely to happen", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "If she's here on time, I'll eat my hat!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "very pleased with yourself", "examples": [ { "text": "She looked like the cat that’s swallowed the canary. She was almost purring with pleasure." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to ask what somebody is annoyed or worried about", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/iːt/", "audio": "ea/eat/eat__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/iːts/", "audio": "ea/eat/eats__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/et//eɪt/", "audio": "at/eat/ate__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈiːtn/", "audio": "ea/eat/eaten__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈiːtɪŋ/", "audio": "ea/eat/eating__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/iːt/", "audio": "ea/eat/eat__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/iːts/", "audio": "ea/eat/eats__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/eɪt/", "audio": "at/eat/ate__us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈiːtn/", "audio": "ea/eat/eaten__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈiːtɪŋ/", "audio": "ea/eat/eating__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English etan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch eten and German essen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin edere and Greek edein." }