Meanings
eating1
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of eat
adjectiveeating (not comparable)
eating2
nouneating (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)
plural eatings
- countableuncountableThe act of ingesting food.
Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 159Synonyms: dining, consuming, consumption
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nounThe act of ingesting food.
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Origin
- Old Englisheting
- Middle Englishetynge
- Englisheating
From Middle English etynge, from Old English eting.
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Arabic أَكْل
- أَكْل (ʔakl)the act of consuming food
Bulgarian храна́, хра́нене
- храна́ (hraná)food, comestibles
- хра́нене (hránene)the act of consuming food
Czech jídlo, jezení
- jídlothe act of consuming food
- jezeníthe act of consuming food
Finnish ruoka-, ruoka
- ruoka-suitable to be eaten without cooking
- ruokafood, comestibles
- syöminenthe act of consuming food
- ruokailuthe act of consuming food
French bouffe, manger
- bouffefood, comestibles
- mangerfood, comestibles
German Essen
- Essenthe act of consuming food
Hebrew אֲכִילָה
- אֲכִילָהthe act of consuming food
Hindi भक्षण
- भक्षण (bhakṣaṇ)the act of consuming food
Hungarian evés
- evésthe act of consuming food
Indonesian pemakanan
- pemakananthe act of consuming food
Italian mangiare
- mangiarethe act of consuming food
Japanese 食べること
- 食べること (taberu koto)the act of consuming food
Korean 먹기
- 먹기 (meokgi)the act of consuming food
Malay pemakanan
- pemakananthe act of consuming food
Polish jedzenie
- jedzeniethe act of consuming food
Portuguese comestível, consumível
- comestívelfood, comestibles
- consumívelthe act of consuming food
Russian еда́, пи́ща
- еда́ (jedá)food, comestibles
- пи́ща (píšča)food, comestibles
- приём пи́щи (prijóm píšči)the act of consuming food
- приня́тие пи́щи (prinjátije píšči)the act of consuming food
Swahili kula
- kulathe act of consuming food
Ukrainian ї́жа
- ї́жа (jíža)food, comestibles
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eating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eating
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“eating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eating. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eating.
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