Eating

//ˈitɪŋ//

Synonyms for "eating" (68 found)

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Related word relations

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17 relation types

More general

4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

capable of

3 entries

causes

40 entries

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causes desire

2 entries

defined as

1 entries

derived

17 entries

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form of

1 entries

has a

2 entries

has context

1 entries

has prerequisite

9 entries

has property

3 entries

has subevent

36 entries

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is a

9 entries

receives action

2 entries

related to

12 entries

used for

19 entries

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Translations

43 translations across 27 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • أَكْل noun (the act of consuming food)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • е́жа noun (food, comestibles)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • хра́нене noun (the act of consuming food)
  • храна́ noun (food, comestibles)

Czech

2 entries
  • jezení noun (the act of consuming food)
  • jídlo noun (the act of consuming food)

East Central German

1 entries
  • Assn noun (the act of consuming food)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ruoka adj (suitable to be eaten without cooking)
  • ruoka noun (food, comestibles)
  • ruokailu noun (the act of consuming food)
  • syöminen noun (the act of consuming food)

French

2 entries
  • bouffe noun (food, comestibles)
  • manger noun (food, comestibles)

German

1 entries
  • Essen noun (the act of consuming food)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אֲכִילָה noun (the act of consuming food)

Hindi

1 entries
  • भक्षण noun (the act of consuming food)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • evés noun (the act of consuming food)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pemakanan noun (the act of consuming food)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • rooka noun (food, comestibles)
  • söökki noun (food, comestibles)
  • söömiin noun (the act of consuming food)
  • söömiin noun (food, comestibles)

Italian

1 entries
  • mangiare noun (the act of consuming food)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 食べること noun (the act of consuming food)

Kabyle

1 entries
  • učči noun (the act of consuming food)

Korean

1 entries
  • 먹기 noun (the act of consuming food)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • лапачка noun (food, comestibles)
  • јадење noun (the act of consuming food)

Malay

1 entries
  • pemakanan noun (the act of consuming food)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries
  • yayun noun (the act of consuming food)

Old English

1 entries
  • ǣt noun (the act of consuming food)

Polish

1 entries
  • jedzenie noun (the act of consuming food)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • comestível noun (food, comestibles)
  • consumível noun (the act of consuming food)

Russian

4 entries
  • еда́ noun (food, comestibles)
  • пи́ща noun (food, comestibles)
  • приня́тие пи́щи noun (the act of consuming food)
  • приём пи́щи noun (the act of consuming food)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kula noun (the act of consuming food)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తినుట noun (the act of consuming food)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ї́жа noun (food, comestibles)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't you even think of eating my chocolate!

Source: tatoeba (1677)

I read a book while eating.

Source: tatoeba (1881)

When are we eating? I'm hungry!

Source: tatoeba (2073)

I'm tired of eating fast food.

Source: tatoeba (2129)

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.