· informal terms for a meal

Synonym(s): chow, chuck, grub

Hypernym(s): fare

· take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

Hypernym(s): eat, consume, ingest, take_in, take, have

· eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"

Hypernym(s): consume, ingest, take_in, take, have

· take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"

Synonym(s): feed

Hypernym(s): consume, ingest, take_in, take, have

· worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"

Synonym(s): eat_on

Hypernym(s): worry, vex

· use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

Synonym(s): consume, eat_up, use_up, deplete, exhaust, run_through, wipe_out

Hypernym(s): spend, expend, drop

· cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

Synonym(s): corrode, rust

Hypernym(s): damage