eating

[ee-ting]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that eats.

2. food with reference to its quality or tastiness when eaten.

   This fish is delicious eating.

adjective

1. used in eating.

   They brought out plates and eating utensils for dinner.

2. good or fit to eat, especially raw.

   A sweet, crisp Gala is the perfect eating apple for a summer salad.

eating

/ ˈiːtɪŋ /

noun

1. food, esp in relation to its quality or taste

   this fruit makes excellent eating

adjective

1. relating to or suitable for eating, esp uncooked

   eating pears

2. relating to or for eating

   an eating house

Other Word Forms

• uneating adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of eating¹

First recorded in 1125–75; Middle English; eat ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun senses; eat ( def. ) + -ing ² for the adjective senses

Example Sentences

Read: Inflation was eating me alive in retirement, so I went back to work.

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These include oxalates, naturally occurring compounds in Swiss chard that can burn the back of your throat, particularly when eating the vegetable raw.

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She still thinks of me from the days of drinking until two in the morning and eating fries at Florent, a 24-hour restaurant in the Meatpacking District, where I used to live.

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Americans are recoiling at rising restaurant and coffee prices and eating out less, making Starbucks’s turnaround more challenging.

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Shoppers are choosing fresh deli prepared food items as they look to cut their spending on eating out.

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