eat
eat - verb
- To take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn
- To destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating
- To bear the expense of : take a loss on
- To consume gradually : corrode
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"Marketing expenses were eating into the profits."
SpellingJoy score for eat
SpellingJoy Gematria
🌱 Novice
40
Letter Values
E
8
A
1
T
23
Etymology
Old English
Middle English eten, from Old English etan; akin to Old High German ezzan to eat, Latin edere, Greek edmenai
Common misspellings
eet
Word family
eats, eating, ate, eaten