- eat
- v1. take a meal, fare, break bread, dine, sup, lunch, breakfast, Sl. put or tie on the feedbag, snack, nosh; feed, take sustenance, take in nourishment, refresh the inner man, ingest, consume; masticate, chew, munch, champ, crunch, bite, nibble; devour, tuck in, fall to, gobble up, gulp down, bolt, wolf, Inf. put away or down, Inf. pack away or in, Chiefly Brit. Sl. scoff or scoff up, Sl. scarf down, Sl. garbage or garbage down; feast, banquet, gormandize, fress, gorge, engorge, glut, Sl. pig out, Sl. stuff one's face.2. corrode, wear away, waste away, rust, decay, rot, crumble, molder; gnaw through, bore into; ravage, devastate, destroy, demolish, ruin.3. eat one’s heart outlong for, hunger for, pine for, hanker after, want, desire, crave; lament, sorrow, grieve, despond.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.