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eat

The correct spelling is eat.

How to pronounce eat

/iːt/
noun

IPA: /iːt/

Say it like: Eet

The correct spelling is eat. Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item. For example: "What’s eating you?"

Usage Examples

What’s eating you?

The acid rain ate away the statue.  The strong acid eats through the metal.

Eat me!

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

verb

  1. 1.To ingest; to be ingested.
  2. 2.To use up.
  3. 3.To cause (someone) to worry.
  4. 4.To take the loss in a transaction.
  5. 5.To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.

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