eating

Contents

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. 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)
• Hungarian: evés (hu)
• Italian: mangiare (it)

• Macedonian: ја́дење n (jádenje)
• Ngarrindjeri: yayun
• Portuguese: consumível (pt)
• Russian: приём пи́щи m (prijóm píšči), приня́тие пи́щи n (prinjátije píšči)
• 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