eating
UK /ˈiːtɪŋ/ · US /ˈi.tɪŋ/ adjective, noun
Also a form of eat
Forms eatings
- adjective Bred to be eaten. “eating chickens; eating quails”
- adjective Suitable to be eaten without being cooked. “Wait! That's not an eating apple.”
- noun The act of ingesting food.
- noun (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine. “I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!”
- noun The act of corroding or consuming some substance.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English etynge, from Old English eting.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “eating”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details