Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to eat
to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner)
diet
food
to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to
to keep close to; to go along with
to get involved with; to be thick with; to become intimate
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; canteen; messroom
restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner
Vulgar expression or word
to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back
to receive (e.g. a blow)
to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
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