| cereal | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet. |
| ~ grass | narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay. |
| ~ oat | annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats'). |
| ~ barley | cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain. |
| ~ rice | annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper. |
| ~ rice grass, ricegrass | any grass of the genus Oryzopsis. |
| ~ bulrush millet, cattail millet, pearl millet, pennisetum americanum, pennisetum glaucum | tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer. |
| ~ secale cereale, rye | hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement. |
| ~ millet | any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine. |
| ~ grain | a cereal grass.; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas" |
| ~ wheat | annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains. |
| ~ corn, indian corn, maize, zea mays | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times. |
| ~ corn | (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland). |
| ~ wild rice, zizania aquatica | perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food. |
| n. (food) | 2. cereal, food grain, grain | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. |
| ~ food product, foodstuff | a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food. |
| ~ edible corn, corn | ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food. |
| ~ grist | grain intended to be or that has been ground. |
| ~ groats | the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals. |
| ~ millet | small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica. |
| ~ barley, barleycorn | a grain of barley. |
| ~ buckwheat | grain ground into flour. |
| ~ wheat, wheat berry | grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour. |
| ~ oat | seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats'). |
| ~ rice | grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished. |
| ~ indian rice, wild rice | grains of aquatic grass of North America. |
| ~ malt | a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling. |
| n. (food) | 3. cereal | a breakfast food prepared from grain. |
| ~ breakfast food | any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast. |
| ~ pablum | a soft form of cereal for infants. |
| ~ hot cereal | a cereal that is served hot. |
| ~ cold cereal, dry cereal | a cereal that is not heated before serving. |
| adj. (pertain) | 4. cereal | made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it.; "a cereal beverage"; "cereal grasses" |
| kaon | | |
| n. (object) | 1. k particle, k-meson, kaon, kappa-meson | an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision. |
| ~ meson, mesotron | an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0. |
| eat | | |
| v. (consumption) | 1. eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ ingest, consume, have, take in, take | serve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
| ~ eat | eat a meal; take a meal.; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| ~ eat | eat a meal; take a meal.; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| ~ wash down | eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically.; "She washed down her dinner with a bottle of red wine"; "He washes down his worries with a nightly glass of whisky" |
| ~ fress, gluttonise, gluttonize | eat a lot and without restraint. |
| ~ wolf, wolf down | eat hastily.; "The teenager wolfed down the pizza" |
| ~ slurp | eat noisily.; "He slurped his soup" |
| ~ fare | eat well. |
| ~ pitch in, dig in | eat heartily.; "The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in" |
| ~ peck at, pick at, peck | eat like a bird.; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food" |
| ~ peck, pick up | eat by pecking at, like a bird. |
| ~ gobble, bolt | eat hastily without proper chewing.; "Don't bolt your food!" |
| ~ garbage down, gobble up, bolt down, shovel in | eat a large amount of food quickly.; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake" |
| ~ nibble, piece, pick | eat intermittently; take small bites of.; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles" |
| ~ ruminate | chew the cuds.; "cows ruminate" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ dip, dunk | dip into a liquid while eating.; "She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce" |
| ~ guttle, pig, raven, devour | eat greedily.; "he devoured three sandwiches" |
| ~ eat up, polish off, finish | finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" |
| ~ consume, down, devour, go through | eat immoderately.; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" |
| ~ chew, manducate, masticate, jaw | chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth.; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" |
| ~ swallow, get down | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking.; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" |
| ~ fill up, fill | eat until one is sated.; "He filled up on turkey" |
| v. (consumption) | 2. eat | eat a meal; take a meal.; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| ~ ingest, consume, have, take in, take | serve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
| ~ take away, take out | buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food.; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook" |
| ~ victual | take in nourishment. |
| ~ dine in, eat in | eat at home. |
| ~ dine out, eat out | eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home. |
| ~ dine | have supper; eat dinner.; "We often dine with friends in this restaurant" |
| ~ picnic | eat alfresco, in the open air.; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ break bread | have a meal, usually with company.; "The early Christian disciples broke bread together" |
| ~ nosh, snack | eat a snack; eat lightly.; "She never loses weight because she snacks between meals" |
| ~ mess | eat in a mess hall. |
| ~ lunch | take the midday meal.; "At what time are you lunching?" |
| ~ brunch | eat a meal in the late morning.; "We brunch in Sundays" |
| ~ breakfast | eat an early morning meal.; "We breakfast at seven" |
| ~ feast, banquet, junket | partake in a feast or banquet. |
| ~ binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, scarf out, satiate, stuff | overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" |
| v. (consumption) | 3. eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ ingest, consume, have, take in, take | serve oneself to, or consume regularly.; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| ~ forage | wander and feed.; "The animals forage in the woods" |
| ~ raven | feed greedily.; "The lions ravened the bodies" |
| ~ suckle | suck milk from the mother's breasts.; "the infant was suckling happily" |
| ~ graze, browse, pasture, crop, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. eat, eat on | worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way.; "What's eating you?" |
| ~ vex, worry | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" |
| v. (consumption) | 5. consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ run out | exhaust the supply of.; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" |
| ~ drain | deplete of resources.; "The exercise class drains me of energy" |
| ~ luxuriate, indulge | enjoy to excess.; "She indulges in ice cream" |
| ~ burn off, burn up, burn | use up (energy).; "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ spend | spend completely.; "I spend my pocket money in two days" |
| ~ take, use up, occupy | require (time or space).; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
| ~ play out, sap, exhaust, tire, run down | deplete.; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" |
| v. (change) | 6. corrode, eat, rust | cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| ~ rust, corrode | become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid.; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" |
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