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eating

  • adjective
  • eat·ing
  • /ˈiːtɪŋ/

Bred to be eaten.

Example

“eating chickens; eating quails”

Other meanings

  1. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

    “Wait! That's not an eating apple.”

Example sentences

  • “I've been eating a lot of mushrooms lately.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “No eating or drinking is permitted.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
  • “What's eating you up?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “eating” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.