eating

eating

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːtɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈitɪŋ/, [ˈiɾɪŋ]

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• Hyphenation: eat‧ing

Verb

eating

1. present participle of eat

Adjective

eating (not comparable)

1. Bred to be eaten.

   eating chickens; eating quails

2. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

   Wait! That's not an eating apple.

Translations

suitable to be eaten without cooking

Finnish: ruoka- (fi)

Noun

eating (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)

1. The act of ingesting food.
2. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.

   I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!

3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

Synonyms

• (ingesting food): dining, consuming, consumption

Translations

the act of consuming food

Arabic: أَكْل‎ (ar) m (ʾakl) Czech: jídlo (cs) n, jezení n Finnish: syöminen (fi), ruokailu (fi) German: Essen (de) n Hebrew: אכילה‎ (he) Hungarian: evés (hu) Indonesian: pemakanan Italian: mangiare (it)

Macedonian: ја́дење n (jádenje) Malay: pemakanan (ms) Ngarrindjeri: yayun Portuguese: consumível (pt) Russian: приём пи́щи m (prijóm píšči), приня́тие пи́щи n (prinjátije píšči) Swahili: kula (sw) Telugu: తినుట (te) (tinuṭa)

food, comestibles

Finnish: ruoka (fi) Macedonian: ла́пачка f (lápačka)

Portuguese: comestível (pt) Russian: еда́ (ru) f (jedá), пи́ща (ru) f (píšča)

Derived terms

• eating apple
• eating disorder
• eating habit
• eating house
• eating irons

 

Anagrams

• giante, ingate, tagine, tangie, teaing