Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
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| Käännös | Konteksti |
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| Verbit |
| 1. | | puhekieli |
| 2. | | puhekieli |
Määritelmät
Verbit
- To ingest; to be ingested.
- (ambitransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
- (intransitive) To consume a meal.
- (intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.
- To use up.
- (transitive) To destroy, consume, or use up.
- (transitive, informal, of a device) To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.
- (transitive, informal, of a vending machine or similar device) To consume money or (other instruents of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment.
- (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
- (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
- (ambitransitive) To corrode or erode.
- (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on someone.
Esimerkit
- John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report.
- Eat me!
- The acid rain ate away the statue. The strong acid eats through the metal.
- I have to have him in court tomorrow, if he doesn't show up, I forfeit the bond and I have to eat the $300,000.
- It’s a special order, so we can’t send it back; if the customer won’t accept it, we’ll have to eat the forty tons of steel ourselves.
- What’s eating you?
- Hey! This stupid [soda vending] machine ate my quarter.
- The video game in the corner just ate my quarter.
- No! There's a problem with the cassette player. Don't press fast forward or it eats the tape!
- He’s eating an apple. Don’t disturb me now; can't you see that I’m eating?
- The VHS recorder just ate the tape and won't spit it out.
- His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages.
- This project is eating up all the money.
- The soup that eats like a meal.
- What time do we eat this evening?
- But Richmond[...]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[...]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
- At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | eaten | Partisiipin perfekti | et |
| Partisiipin perfekti | eated (epävirallinen) | Imperfekti | ate |
| Imperfekti | et | Imperfekti | eated (epävirallinen) |
| Partisiipin preesens | eating | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | eats |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | eateth (vanhahtava) | | |