Word Explorer

Eats

/iːts/

To ingest; to be ingested.

Full Dictionary Entry

📖 Definitions of "Eats"

verb

1
To ingest; to be ingested.
2
To use up.
3
To cause (someone) to worry.
"What’s eating you?"
4
To take the loss in a transaction.

noun

1
Food.
"When are we going to get some eats?"

🔄 Synonyms of "Eats"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
grubnoun	(uncountable, slang) Food.
chownoun	(slang, uncountable) Food, especially snacks.
chucknoun	(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Eats"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
chowverb	(slang, uncountable) Food, especially snacks.
chuckverb	(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
grubverb	To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
foodnoun	(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
drinksnoun	(cricket) A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch.
dinesnoun	A surname.
comestiblesnoun	(chiefly in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food.
consumesverb	(transitive) To eat.
corrodesverb	(transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
devours	the stage name of Jeff Cancade, a Canadian electronic musician.
feedsverb	Clipping of federate. [To unite in a federation.]
gobblesverb	To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
ingestsverb	(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
noshesnoun	(slang, US) A light meal or snack.
picksverb	To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
snacks	the debut extended play of British musician and DJ Jax Jones.
supsverb	To eat supper.
swallowsverb	(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
takesverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
victualsnoun	a stock or supply of foods