to take in through the mouth as food ingest, chew, and swallow in turn
destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating expenses ate up the profits gadgets that eat up too much space
bear the expense of take a loss on the team was forced to eat the rest of his contract
consume gradually corrode cars eaten away by rust
consume with vexation bother what's eating you now
enjoy eagerly or avidly lap used with up it was an amazing performance and the crowd ate it up
perform fellatio or cunnilingus on often used with out
take food or a meal
affect something by gradual destruction or consumption usually used with into, away, or at the loss was really eating at her the controversy ate into his support