- present tense form of eat (3rd person singular).
eats
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Sofiyka eats biscuits with herbal tea as she gets ready for bed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“The flavor’s there. It eats right. It bites right. But see what I mean?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
I tell Hanan my son usually eats them with raw carrot sticks and pasta.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The resemblance might have ended there, except Kennedy recently told an interviewer that he eats beef twice a day, generally grass-fed strip steak.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Chin eats an apple-butter-and-pickle sandwich, like she does every day.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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