eats

n. food (Slang)

v. consume food; destroy; wear away, corrode; consume

Noun
1. informal terms for a meal
(synonym) chow, chuck, grub
(hypernym) fare

Verb
1. take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
(hyponym) wash down
(entail) chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
(derivation) eater, feeder
2. 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"
(hypernym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(hyponym) take out, take away
(see-also) eat in, dine in
(derivation) eater, feeder
3. take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
(synonym) feed
(hypernym) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(hyponym) forage
(derivation) eating, feeding
4. 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"
(synonym) consume, eat up, use up, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
(hypernym) spend, expend, drop
(hyponym) run out
(verb-group) take, occupy, use up
5. worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"
(synonym) eat on
(hypernym) worry, vex
6. cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
(synonym) corrode, rust
(hypernym) damage
(verb-group) corrode, rust

dong1 shi2 xi1 su4
Eating with the east family and sleeping with the west.
Describing a greedy person who goes wherever there is profit to gain. Wanting the best of two worlds.

ruo4 rou4 qiang2 shi2
The flesh of the weak is the food of the strong.
The law of the jungle. Compare with 适者生存 (shi4 zhe3 sheng1 cun2) and 优胜劣败 (you1 sheng4 lie4 bai4).

shi2 yan2 er2 fei2
Getting fat by eating one's words.
Going back on one's words.

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