eating

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːtɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈitɪŋ/, [ˈiɾɪŋ]

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• Hyphenation: eat‧ing
• Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ

eating

1. present participle and gerund of eat

eating (not comparable)

1. Bred to be eaten.

   eating chickens; eating quails

2. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

   Wait! That's not an eating apple.

• eating apple

From Middle English etynge, from Old English eting.

eating (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)

1. The act of ingesting food.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 159:

     Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid.

2. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.

   I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!

   These pears are good eating.

3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

• (ingesting food): dining, consuming, consumption

• giante, ingate, tagine, tangie, teaing