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

When some people criticized him for eating biryani, a rice-and-meat dish, with his hands rather than with utensils, many Indians rose to his defense.

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According to the indictment, Wedding allegedly placed a multi-million dollar bounty on the witness — identified only as Victim A — who was later shot five times in the head while he was eating at a restaurant.

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The child went to primary school and her parents noticed that when the child was coming home and eating, she was saying her prayers before meals.

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Yet there’s much to sample across Disneyland’s two parks, its shopping district and hotels, so much so that I spent much more time on Sunday eating than going on rides.

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They imitate a natural hormone released in the digestive tract after eating and signal the brain to reduce hunger.

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