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eat

essen

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
eat
1. [1] (transitiv) essen
2. [2] (intransitiv) essen, speisen
[1] I wouldn't eat that – it looks horrible!
Ich werde das nicht essen – es schaut schrecklich aus!
[2] When are we eating today?
Wann essen wir heute?
Englisch > Englisch
eat
1. v. To ingest; to be ingested.
2. v. To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
He’s eating an apple. / Don’t disturb me now; can't you see that I’m eating?
3. v. (intransitive) To consume a meal.
What time do we eat this evening?
4. v. (intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.
It's a soup that eats like a meal.
5. v. To use up.
6. v. To destroy, consume, or use up.
This project is eating up all the money.
7. v. (transitive, informal, of a device) To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.
The VHS recorder just ate the tape and won't spit it out.
John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report.
8. v. (transitive, informal, of a vending machine or similar device) To consume money or (other instruents of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted b
The video game in the corner just ate my quarter.
9. v. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
What’s eating you?
10. v. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
11. v. To corrode or erode.
The acid rain ate away the statue. The strong acid eats through the metal.
12. v. (transitive, informal) To perform oral sex.
13. v. (transitive, informal) To perform oral sex on someone.
Eat me!
14. v. (transitive, informal) To perform oral sex on a body part.
I ate his ass.
Yeah, eat that dick.
15. subst. (colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.
Deutsch > Englisch
essen
1. v. to eat
Er isst gern Schokolade. - He likes eating chocolate.
Ich esse einen Apfel. - I am eating an apple.
2. v. to eat; to dine
Wir haben noch nicht gegessen. - We have not eaten yet.
Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen. - They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening.