eat

verb (eat, eats, ate, eaten, eating)

«eat» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To eat is to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it. tree →
To eat a meal is to have it: we eat dinner at six. tree →
To eat into or eat away something is to slowly use it up or damage it: rust eats away metal. tree →

In the lessons

food eaten is gone («Tom ate 1 of them» = subtract); in everyday life healthy eating, meals, «eat up», «eat out» (at a restaurant); in science animals that eat plants (herbivores) and eat meat (carnivores), food chains; in safety do not eat berries you do not know

Examples

I eat three plums from the table. tree →
There were 9 apples. Tom ate 1 of them. How many apples are left? tree →
Ravi ate 4 of the 12 grapes. tree →
We eat lunch at twelve. tree →
Eat your vegetables; they help you grow. tree →
Cows eat grass. tree →
Never eat wild mushrooms or berries without asking an adult. tree →
Let's eat out tonight. tree →
"Then eat heartily," said the Barmecide. tree →

Note

Eating makes things disappear: subtract. Trap: «how many did he eat» may ask for the part eaten, found from the start and what is left. Past «ate», past participle «eaten»: «I ate», «I have eaten».

In Jewish tradition

To take food. The Torah says which animals may or may not be eaten and sets rules for eating the sacrifices.

Interpretation. These rules are the basis of kashrut, the Jewish dietary laws, which the tradition treats as a way of making daily eating holy.

Examples

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. (Torah DEU.14.3, JPS 1917) tree →
Of all clean birds ye may eat. (Torah DEU.14.11, JPS 1917) tree →
And they did eat there by the heap. (Torah GEN.31.46, JPS 1917) tree →
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. (Prophets 1KI.18.42, JPS 1917) tree →
So they poured out for the men to eat. (Prophets 2KI.4.40, JPS 1917) tree →
Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. (Writings SNG.5.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «eat» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«eat» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «eat» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«eat» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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