eating
noun
- ingestion of food to provide for all organisms their nutritional or medicinal needs
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈiːtɪŋ/ / /ˈi.tɪŋ/ / [ˈi.ɾɪŋ]
adj
- Bred to be eaten.
“eating chickens; eating quails”
- Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
“Wait! That's not an eating apple.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English etynge, from Old English eting.
- The act of ingesting food.
“Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid.”
- Food; cooking, cuisine.
“I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!”
“These pears are good eating.”
- The act of corroding or consuming some substance.
verb
- present participle and gerund of eat