{
    "term": "eat",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "eat",
            "heSheIt": "eats"
        },
        "pastSimple": "ate",
        "pastParticiple": "eaten",
        "ingForm": "eating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to put food in your mouth, bite it and swallow it",
            "sensetop": "eat something",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was too nervous to eat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **eat well/healthily**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She doesn't **eat properly** *(= doesn't eat food that is good for her)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't eat meat.",
                    "contextForm": "eat something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to eat breakfast/lunch/dinner"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would you like something to eat?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I couldn't eat another thing *(= I have had enough food)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Barton did not feel very hungry and ate sparingly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you have anything to eat?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Keep a record of everything you eat and drink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you want to grab a bite to eat?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone happily ate the huge meal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Go and get yourself something to eat and drink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had not eaten properly for days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She'd barely eaten any breakfast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's not eating enough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm trying to eat more healthily."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try and eat something. It will do you good."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We ate very well most of the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I ate junk food and stopped working out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Try to eat a balanced diet."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["well", "a lot", "enough"],
                "verb + eat": [
                    "find something to",
                    "get (yourself) something to",
                    "grab something to"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a bite to eat", "eat and drink", "eat like a horse"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to have a meal",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where shall we eat tonight?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We ate at a pizzeria."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I never eat in the school cafeteria."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We eventually sat down to eat at 8.30 p.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We went out to eat for a Chinese New Year celebration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's go eat."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["well", "a lot", "enough"],
                "verb + eat": [
                    "find something to",
                    "get (yourself) something to",
                    "grab something to"
                ],
                "phrases": ["a bite to eat", "eat and drink", "eat like a horse"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a situation in business, politics, etc. where there is a lot of competition and people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm afraid in this line of work it's a case of dog eat dog."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're operating in a dog-eat-dog world."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to criticize or punish somebody severely because you are extremely angry with them",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He’ll eat you alive if he ever finds out."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to defeat somebody completely in an argument, a competition, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The defence lawyers are going to eat you alive tomorrow."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to bite somebody many times",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was being eaten alive by mosquitoes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to accept bad treatment and being made to feel small or stupid",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her mother ate dirt in poorly-paid jobs just so the family could stay in the country."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "said to encourage somebody to enjoy life now, while they can, and not to think of the future",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to compare two things and say that one of them is better",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Look at him dance! Eat your heart out, Fred Astaire *(= he dances even better than Fred Astaire)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to feel very unhappy, especially because you want somebody/something you cannot have",
            "labels": "(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I’m not going to mope at home, eating my heart out for him."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to eat a lot",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She may be thin, but she eats like a horse."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to trust somebody and be willing to do what they say",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She'll have them eating out of her hand in no time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to eat a lot of somebody else’s food",
            "labels": "(informal, often humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How much longer is he staying? He’s eating us out of house and home."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to admit that what you said was wrong",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When he told her she would fail, she swore she would make him eat his words."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have the advantages of something without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are very hungry",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you think something is very unlikely to happen",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If she's here on time, I'll eat my hat!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very pleased with yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She looked like the cat that’s swallowed the canary. She was almost purring with pleasure."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to ask what somebody is annoyed or worried about",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/iːt/",
                "audio": "ea/eat/eat__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/iːts/",
                "audio": "ea/eat/eats__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/et//eɪt/",
                "audio": "at/eat/ate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːtn/",
                "audio": "ea/eat/eaten__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ea/eat/eating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/iːt/",
                "audio": "ea/eat/eat__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/iːts/",
                "audio": "ea/eat/eats__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/eɪt/",
                "audio": "at/eat/ate__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːtn/",
                "audio": "ea/eat/eaten__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ea/eat/eating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English etan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch eten and German essen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin edere and Greek edein."
}