verb (v)

• take in solid food(verb.consumption)

  Example:
  She was eating a banana.
  What did you eat for dinner last night?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• eat a meal; take a meal(verb.consumption)

  Example:
  We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls.
  I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• take in food; used of animals only(verb.consumption)

  Example:
  This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat.
  What do whales eat?.
  

  Synonym:
  feed
  

  source: wordnet30
• worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way(verb.emotion)

  Example:
  What's eating you?.
  

  Synonym:
  eat on
  

  source: wordnet30
• use up (resources or materials)(verb.consumption)

  Synonym:
  consume, deplete, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  corrode, rust
  

  source: wordnet30
• To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.(verb)

  source: webster1913