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v. 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"

eat

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

eat, eat on

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

feed, eat

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

consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out

v. 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"

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sap, exhaust, tire, run down, use up

v. deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

gobble, bolt

v. eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

consume, ingest, take in, take, have

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

devour, down, consume, go through

v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

devour, guttle, raven, pig

v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

fade, wither

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

shrink, shrivel

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

shower

v. provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"

waste, blow, squander

v. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

empty

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

clear, clear up

v. free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"

authorize, authorise, pass, clear

v. grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

clear

v. pass an inspection or receive authorization; "clear customs"

tap

v. pierce in order to draw a liquid from; "tap a maple tree for its syrup"; "tap a keg of beer"

tap

v. draw (liquor) from a tap; "tap beer in a bar"

nibble

v. bite gently; "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear"

consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out

v. 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"

prey on, profit from, feed off

v. profit from

wipe, pass over

v. rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

eat

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

quench

v. cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"

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