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ate (AYT)
Past tense of eat: "They ate their dinner earlier than usual."
ate, eight, eight
ate (AYT) (verb)
Past tense of "eat": They ate their dinner earlier than usual.
eight (AYT) (adjective)
The cardinal number 8 is equal to 7 + 1: There were eight people waiting for the bus.
eight (AYT) (noun)
The cardinal number (7+1) is also used to designate a specific number of items, individuals, etc.: The group of eight were having dinner together.

Jeremy ate the eight small pieces of chicken that were on his plate.

Later, Caroline saw an octet consuming their food; in other words, she saw eight who ate at the table in the restaurant.

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eat (verb), eats; ate; eaten; eating
1. To take food into the mouth, to chew it, and then to swallow it: Marcus and Margaret are striving to maintain good health by being careful to eat healthy foods and not eat too much.

Another word that means to eat is "to consume food".

When William's little girl wanted more dessert, he told her that she had eaten enough.

2. To gnaw or to or to devour: While the Oliver family was on vacation, termites had eaten some of their wooden furniture.
3. To destroy by corroding or wearing away: Jim was told that the acid he was using to clean the rust spots on his car eats metal; so, he should be careful that he doesn't use too much of it or spill any of it on other parts of the surface of his vehicle.
4. Etymology: from Indo-European ed-, "eat" which produced the basic word for "eat" in many European languages.

From Greek edein and Latin edere, "to eat".

This entry is located in the following unit: ed-, edi- (page 1)