Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Male
to eat
to live; to make a living; to survive
to bite; to sting (as insects do)
to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
to consume time; to consume resources
Colloquial
to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
Male; Vulgar expression or word
to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
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