eating

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of eat. Use this form for something happening now, often after 'is' or 'are'.

   The baby is eating mashed banana for the first time.

   They were eating dinner when the phone rang.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The act of taking food into the body.

   Eating in the lecture hall is not allowed.

   Slow eating gives your stomach time to feel full.

   Oppositefasting

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3. 3
   adjective

   Grown or raised to be eaten.

   An eating apple is sweet enough to enjoy raw.

   We bought eating grapes for the kids' lunches.

   Oppositecooking

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4. 4
   adjective

   Good to eat raw, without any cooking.

   These are eating pears, ready to enjoy straight from the bowl.

   An eating tomato tastes great in a fresh salad.

   Oppositecooking

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5. 5
   noundialectaluncountable

   Food, especially food that is good to eat.

   There was good eating at the harvest supper.

   Fresh crab makes for fine eating.

   Similarfood, fare, cooking, cuisine

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6. 6
   noununcountable

   The slow wearing away of something, such as metal worn down by acid.

   Like rust slowly eating through an old metal gate.

   The eating of the old pipe by rust caused a leak.

   Acid causes the slow eating of the metal.

   Similarcorrosion, erosion, wearing

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