eat
/iːt/verb
उच्चारण ईट
खाना
Basic wordPYP · asked 7 times
Asked in previous papers
as idiom, phrasal verb
+2 more
SSC Exams before 2018SSC CGL Mains 2020- 1
[I, T] ~ sth
to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it
खाना
- We eat dinner at eight.
- Radhika likes to eat fruit before her morning class.
- Please eat something before you leave.
+ 2 more examples
- My little brother does not eat vegetables.
- Have you eaten lunch yet?
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
eat + food
Eat is transitive when the food is named. It is also intransitive for the act of eating a meal: 'Have you eaten?'
भोजन का नाम बताने पर eat सकर्मक होता है। भोजन करने की क्रिया के लिए यह अकर्मक भी है: 'Have you eaten?'
- Radhika eats an apple every day.
- We have not eaten since morning.
eat (irregular forms)
Eat – ate – eaten. The past simple is 'ate' and the past participle is 'eaten', never 'eated'.
Eat – ate – eaten। Past simple 'ate' और past participle 'eaten' है, 'eated' कभी नहीं।
- She ate the sweets quickly.
- The sweets have been eaten.
eat out / eat in / eat up
'Eat out' is to have a meal at a restaurant; 'eat in' is at home; 'eat up' is to finish everything.
'Eat out' रेस्तराँ में भोजन करना, 'eat in' घर पर, और 'eat up' सब कुछ समाप्त कर देना है।
- We eat out on Sundays.
- Eat up your vegetables.
eat into / be eaten by
'Eat into' means to use up gradually: costs eat into savings. Fire and rust 'eat away' metal.
'Eat into' का अर्थ धीरे-धीरे खर्च कर देना है: खर्च बचत को खा जाते हैं। जंग धातु को 'eat away' करती है।
- Medical bills ate into their savings.
+Collocations 4
adverb + eat
hungrilyslowlygreedilyhealthilyproperlyquickly
- She ate hungrily after the long journey.
eat + noun
a mealbreakfastdinnerlunchfruit
- We eat dinner at nine.
eat + particle
outinupintoaway
- Rust has eaten away the gate.
eat idioms
eat your wordseat humble pieeat like a horse
- He had to eat his words after losing.
“More examples 5
- Do not talk while you are eating.
भोजन करते समय बात न करें।
- Children should eat fruit and vegetables every day.
बच्चों को रोज़ फल और सब्ज़ियाँ खानी चाहिए।
- He ate his words when the results came.
परिणाम आने पर उसे अपनी बात वापस लेनी पड़ी।
- Rising rents are eating into my salary.
बढ़ता किराया मेरे वेतन को खाए जा रहा है।
- We ate out at a dhaba on the highway.
हमने राजमार्ग के एक ढाबे पर खाना खाया।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I eated rice yesterday.
✓ I ate rice yesterday.
Eat is irregular; the past simple is ate.
Eat अनियमित क्रिया है; past simple ate है।
✗ I am eating soup with spoon.
✓ I am eating soup with a spoon.
A singular countable noun needs an article.
Singular countable noun से पहले article आवश्यक है।
✗ She has ate her lunch.
✓ She has eaten her lunch.
The present perfect needs the past participle eaten.
Present perfect में past participle eaten आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all concern taking food, but at different registers.
ये क्रियाएँ भोजन लेने से जुड़ी हैं, पर भाषा-स्तर अलग है।
¶Idioms 2
eat your words
to admit that what you said before was wrong
अपनी बात वापस लेना
- He said I would fail, but he had to eat his words.
eat humble pie
to say and show that you are sorry for a mistake that you made
गलती मानकर झुकना
- After losing, the boastful team had to eat humble pie.
→Phrasal verbs 5
eat out
to have a meal in a restaurant, not at home
बाहर (होटल में) खाना खाना
- We eat out once a month.
eat in
to have a meal at home rather than in a restaurant
घर पर खाना खाना
- Shall we eat in tonight?
eat into sth
to use up a part of something, especially money or time
(पैसा या समय) खा जाना, कम कर देना
- The medical bills ate into our savings.
eat sth up
to eat all of something
सारा खा जाना
- Eat up your vegetables.
eat away at sth / eat sth away
to gradually destroy something
(धीरे-धीरे) नष्ट कर देना, खा जाना
- Rust had eaten away at the iron gate.
§Grammar and usage
Verb forms, asked very often: eat, ate, eaten (ate is pronounced /et/ in British English, /eɪt/ also common).
Verb forms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: eat, ate, eaten (British English में ate की pronunciation /et/, /eɪt/ भी आम)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Eat your words, eat humble pie, eat like a horse (eat a lot), eat sb out of house and home (eat a lot of somebody's food), have your cake and eat it too (want two things that cannot exist together).
Idioms: eat your words, eat humble pie, eat like a horse (बहुत खाना), eat sb out of house and home (किसी का बहुत खाना खाना), have your cake and eat it too (दो असंगत चीज़ें चाहना)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who eats a lot is a glutton; one who eats only plants a vegetarian or herbivore.
बहुत खाने वाला glutton; केवल पौधे खाने वाला vegetarian या herbivore।