eating

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

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• Hyphenation: eat‧ing

eating

1. present participle 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 (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)

1. The act of ingesting food.
2. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.

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

3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

• (ingesting food): dining, consuming, consumption

• giante, ingate, tagine, tangie, teaing