| diner | | |
| n. (person) | 1. diner | a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant). |
| ~ cutter, carver | someone who carves the meat. |
| ~ eater, feeder | someone who consumes food for nourishment. |
| ~ dining companion, tablemate | someone you dine with. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. buffet car, diner, dining car, dining compartment | a passenger car where food is served in transit. |
| ~ carriage, passenger car, coach | a railcar where passengers ride. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. diner | a restaurant that resembles a dining car. |
| ~ eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant | a building where people go to eat. |
| eater | | |
| n. (person) | 1. eater, feeder | someone who consumes food for nourishment. |
| ~ consumer | a person who uses goods or services. |
| ~ devourer | someone who eats greedily or voraciously. |
| ~ diner | a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant). |
| ~ dunker | an eater who dips food into a liquid before eating it.; "he was a dunker--he couldn't eat a doughnut without a cup of coffee to dunk it in" |
| ~ glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman | a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess. |
| ~ gobbler | a hasty eater who swallows large mouthfuls. |
| ~ luncher | someone who is eating lunch. |
| ~ mouth | a person conceived as a consumer of food.; "he has four mouths to feed" |
| ~ mycophage, mycophagist | a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms). |
| ~ nosher, snacker | someone who eats lightly or eats snacks between meals. |
| ~ omnivore | a person who eats all kinds of foods. |
| ~ picknicker, picnicker | a person who is picnicking. |
| ~ gorger, scoffer | someone who eats food rapidly and greedily. |
| ~ vegetarian | eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no meat or fish or (often) any animal products. |
| n. (food) | 2. eater | any green goods that are good to eat.; "these apples are good eaters" |
| ~ garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce | fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market. |
| feeder | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. feeder | an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening. |
| ~ domestic animal, domesticated animal | any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment. |
| n. (object) | 2. affluent, confluent, feeder, tributary | a branch that flows into the main stream. |
| ~ branch | a stream or river connected to a larger one. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. feeder, self-feeder | a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material.; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock" |
| ~ machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. bird feeder, birdfeeder, feeder | an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| n. (animal) | 5. feeder | an animal that feeds on a particular source of food.; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| 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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