adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of eat form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having been consumed by eating. especially, in-compounds

Synonyms

All synonyms

erodedrusty

Example

More examples

"Have you ever eaten a banana pie?"

Etymology

From Middle English eten, from Old English eten, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etanaz; morphologically eat + -en.

Related phrases

eaten bread is soon forgottenhalf-eatenmoth-eatentime-eaten

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