Food / A1

EET/iːt/

To eat is to put food in your mouth and swallow it. Past: ate. You eat breakfast, eat rice, eat with your family. “Have” also works for meals (have lunch), but eat is the basic action verb.

Meaning

To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

Examples

• “Let’s eat now.”
• “They eat together at night.”

Good to know

Past: ate. eat + food. have breakfast/lunch/dinner is also natural.

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