Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Verb

The word "eating" can be used as noun, adjective and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

make hungry person happy make people feel heavy quiet hunger pangs

Causes

becoming fat becoming full becoming overweight bloating death decreasing hunger defecating dyspepsia ending hunger feces feeling full feeling less hungry feeling sated full belly full stomach gaining energy gaining weight gas get tired getting fat getting full having more energy heartburn indigestion make less hungry making less hungry mouth needs cleaning nausea not being hungry obesity reduced satisfaction satisfying feeling of fullness shitting stain on shirt stomach aches stomach feels full stomach upsets teeth need brushing trash wrappers

Causes Desire

empty bladder go to sleep

Defined As

process of taking in food

Derived Terms

eating apple eating disorder eating habit eating house eating irons eating psychopathology emotional eating fish-eating intuitive eating large leaf-eating ladybird miseating plant-eating sin eating snake-eating cobra social eating stress eating worm-eating warbler

Inflected/Variant Forms

eat

Has Part

effect of abating hunger effect of satiating one's hunger

Context

dialectal

Prerequisites

appetite chewing choice esophagus fod food teeth teeth for chewing utensils

Has Property

important to stay alive necessary for animals to survive satisfying

Subevents

add spices bite burp chew chewing choke on food choking choking on piece of meat consume food cut meat discuss events of day discuss plans drink enjoy taste of food food will digested getting full hum lick finger make business deal masticate may choke offer toast pour pepper pour salt puking shits shovel food swallow swallow food swallow food in mouth swallowing use napkin using cutlery watch tv watching television watching tv

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

consumption ingestion intake uptake

Type Of (IsA)

consuming consumption do to live olfactory experience poisonous can cause death safe activity social activity social event way

Receives Action

done in restaurants performed in restaurants

Related Terms

act consuming cooked cooking corroding cuisine eat eaten food ingest some substance

Synonym Network

dining

Used For

digestion distraction from depression do while socializing experiencing delicious tastes getting fat giving body fuel giving body what needs hunger hungry folks life nourishment nurishment providing nutrition to body replenishing energy sources satisfying hunger staying alive staying healthy sustaining life sustenance

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