eat: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 3 letter points · starts with E · ends with T
Meaning of eat
verb
- ambitransitive
To ingest. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
Example: He's eating an apple.
- intransitive
To ingest. To consume a meal.
Example: What time do we eat this evening?
- copulative, intransitive
To ingest. To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed.
Example: I try to eat healthy these days.
- ergative, intransitive
To be ingested.
Example: It's a soup that eats like a meal.
Listed forms: eats, eating, ate, et, eaten, etten, glossary.
Source: Wiktionary — eat.
noun
- colloquial
Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.
Listed forms: eats.
Source: Wiktionary — eat.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for eat.
verb
take in food; used of animals only
verb
worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
- eat on
verb
use up (resources or materials)
verb
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is eat in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of eat
E(1) + A(1) + T(1) = 3 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of eat
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from eat
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in eat. Showing up to 24, longest first.