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Eating

//ˈitɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bred to be eaten. not-comparable

    "eating chickens; eating quails"

  2. 2
    Suitable to be eaten without being cooked. not-comparable

    "Wait! That's not an eating apple."

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of ingesting food. countable, uncountable

    "Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid."

  2. 2
    the act of consuming food wordnet
  3. 3
    Food; cooking, cuisine. countable, dialectal, informal, uncountable

    "I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!"

  4. 4
    The act of corroding or consuming some substance. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of eat form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From Middle English etynge, from Old English eting.

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