as in food
substances intended to be eaten
there are some good eats at the buffet table
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as in consumes
to take in as food
having gone all day without food, we greedily ate the hamburgers
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as in erodes
to consume or wear away gradually
the pot's protective coating was eaten away by the acid
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as in dines
to take a meal
where's the best place to eat in this town?
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as in annoys
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts
it really eats me the way people go to national parks to enjoy nature—and then leave their litter behind
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Recent Examples of eats
Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
What else eats breakfast that competes with strategy?
—Marissa Andrada, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
There's a scene in Send Help, director Sam Raimi's survival horror-thriller and borderline comedy, in which Dylan O'Brien's Bradley Preston eats a gnarly bug.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
This turmoil will also breed more uncertainty as China eats away at market share and under-pressure Europeans will be looking around for partners, merger candidates or job cuts.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
At dinner with Chuck’s family, Simon eats pot roast and admits the situation is strange even to him.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
There’s the direct cost of the raises, but also the related growth of the city’s pension shortfall, which increasingly eats further into the budget, as reported by the U-T’s Garrick.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
But no need to call in the food critics this year—the Golden Globes eats seemed to pass the taste test.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
But everybody eats…from the drug dealers down on the corner to the CEOs of companies.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Verb
In the video, Jenner eats a bowl of pomegranate seeds while wearing an ultra plunging covered in them.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
What else eats breakfast that competes with strategy?
—Marissa Andrada, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
There's a scene in Send Help, director Sam Raimi's survival horror-thriller and borderline comedy, in which Dylan O'Brien's Bradley Preston eats a gnarly bug.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
This turmoil will also breed more uncertainty as China eats away at market share and under-pressure Europeans will be looking around for partners, merger candidates or job cuts.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
At dinner with Chuck’s family, Simon eats pot roast and admits the situation is strange even to him.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
There’s the direct cost of the raises, but also the related growth of the city’s pension shortfall, which increasingly eats further into the budget, as reported by the U-T’s Garrick.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
But no need to call in the food critics this year—the Golden Globes eats seemed to pass the taste test.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
But everybody eats…from the drug dealers down on the corner to the CEOs of companies.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eats
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The third might buy time but at the cost of leaving the market undersupplied with term credit, and with the fundamental fiscal problem still worsening as deficits compound and debt service consumes an ever-larger share of federal outlays.—
Daniel J. Arbess,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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For starters, figure skating no longer consumes her life, freeing Liu to enjoy the stage more than ever.—
Elliott Almond,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Confusion emerges as trust erodes Some have applauded the moves.—
Ali Swenson,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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One gets the sense of a man perpetually drawn to the edge of the unknown, as the boy to the edge of the sea—to questions about our primordial origins, about the etiology and eschatology of our planet, about what erodes and what endures.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Khabouth, who has met Bichette, says that roughly half the team regularly dines at Animl, which sits just a block and a half from the stadium, often stopping by after games.—
Denny Alfonso,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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As the director of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in Avondale, Maynard often dines in neighborhoods close to work, including Northside and Clifton.—
Keith Pandolfi,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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One of its two young sibling protagonists, Amber (Bianca Belle), channels her feelings about the recent death of her mother into drawings of creatures born out of her troubled imagination, some of whom enact violence against the classmate who annoys her.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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There's just one thing about Claire Danes that annoys Matthew Rhys.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
22 Nov. 2025
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But in Washington, politics devours everything, even the sacred.—
Tara Palmeri,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Gratitude requires perspective, but perpetual outrage devours perspective.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2025
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Indeed, the homogenization of taste, caused in part by streaming platforms, social media feeds and online algorithms, means that people – even VICs, for all their wealth – often want the same things.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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This easy breakfast recipe feeds 12 with no need for standing over the stove or flipping.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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Most people are able to put the splint away once their plantar fasciitis no longer bothers them.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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That inward struggle made it to the surface because Glenn no longer bothers with charades.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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There’s another distinctly New York habit that irritates Manville — at the end of the performances, theatergoers leap to their feat, not just to applaud, but to whip out their cellphones to record the curtain call.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2026
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Somehow, this irritates Helen even more.—
Sadia Shepard,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Eats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eats. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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