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eating has definitions from the fields of biology,food
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[ noun ] (biology,food) the act of consuming food

Synonyms

feeding

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

Sometimes it takes several `` eatings '' of avocado to catch that delightful quality in taste that has made it such a favorite throughout the world .

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

`` I'm eating more '' , he would say .

Related terms

consumption bite browse repletion munching tasting coprophagia lunching dining supping omophagia necrophagia scatophagy graze feasting engorgement geophagia chew eat feed

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Rhymes with

meeting beating seating cheating sheeting heating fleeting greeting retreating repeating competing overeating completing feasting knitting witting getting fitting pitting sitting meat-eating hitting ting overheating spitting unremitting baiting biting dating wilting emitting listing splitting sifting outfitting unstinting shifting babysitting outing sighting siting writing whiting rating citing weighting mating waiting lighting fighting inhibiting printing twisting drifting quilting befitting unwitting editing glinting unremitting transmitting tasting radiating obviating ingratiating permeating nauseating depreciating excruciating officiating infuriating humiliating putting batting doting boating petting doubting betting plating visiting dispiriting obliterating rewriting disorienting deteriorating squinting preexisting persisting conflicting depicting imprinting enlisting existing constricting restricting coexisting reprinting insisting incapacitating substituting intimidating visiting limiting riveting contributing slighting skating grating netting rotting matting looting setting footing letting getting routing yachting rooting cutting voting coating wetting pointing painting elating toasting testing taunting tenting whiting hurting fingerprinting weightlifting shutting shouting shoplifting shooting jutting jetting interesting uplifting starting wasting ousting acting abating implicating negating berating liberating captivating updating duplicating hallucinating intoxicating protecting protesting detecting uniting spurting floating flirting spouting spotting uninviting unexciting annotating alienating skirting fruiting exhilarating equating denigrating legislating scouting inviting invigorating clotting gloating sweating exciting posting sprouting dieting parting panting belting boasting bursting darting daunting bunting sting penetrating frustrating contacting disappointing tempting

Phonetic and Homophones

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