eat

eat
eat [i:t]
(preterite ate, past participle eaten)
1. transitive verb
manger
• to eat breakfast prendre son petit déjeuner
• to eat lunch déjeuner
• to eat dinner dîner
• to eat a meal prendre un repas
• to eat one's fill manger à sa faim
• to eat one's words ravaler ses paroles
• I could eat a horse (inf) j'ai une faim de loup
• he won't eat you (inf) il ne va pas te manger
• what's eating you? (inf) qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ?
2. intransitive verb
manger
• we eat at eight nous dînons à 20 heures
• to eat like a horse manger comme quatre
• to eat like a bird picorer
• he's eating us out of house and home (inf) son appétit va nous mettre à la rue
• I've got him eating out of my hand il fait tout ce que je veux
3. plural noun
eats (inf!) bouffe (inf !) f
► eat away separable transitive verb
[sea] éroder ; [acid, mice] ronger
► eat away at inseparable transitive verb
[acid, rust, pest] ronger ; [rot, damp] attaquer
► eat in
1. intransitive verb
manger chez soi
2. transitive verb
• to eat in or take away? sur place ou à emporter ?
► eat into inseparable transitive verb
[acid] ronger
• it's really eaten into our savings ça a fait un trou dans nos économies► eat out intransitive verb aller au restaurant
► eat up
1. intransitive verb
• eat up! mangez !
2. separable transitive verb
( = finish off) finir
• eaten up with envy dévoré de jalousie
3. inseparable transitive verb
[+ resources, profits] absorber ; [+ savings] engloutir
• this car eats up the miles cette voiture avale les kilomètres
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[iːt] 1.
transitive verb (prét ate; pp eaten) (consume) gen manger; prendre [meal]

to eat (one's) lunch/dinner — déjeuner/dîner

she looks good enough to eat! — elle est belle à croquer! (colloq)

to eat somebody/something alive — [mosquitoes] dévorer quelqu'un/quelque chose

to eat one's words — fig ravaler ses paroles

2.
intransitive verb (prét ate; pp eaten) manger

to eat from ou out of — manger dans

I'll have him eating out of my hand — fig j'en ferai ce que je voudrai

we eat at six — nous dînons à 18 heures

Phrasal Verbs:

English-French dictionary. 2013.

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