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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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-ate (to do)
(Latin: a suffix; to do, to make, to cause, or to act upon; to do something with)
-ate (office of) +
(Latin: a suffix; office of, office holder)
Word Entries at Get Words: “ate”
eat dust, eats (dust), ate (dust), eating (dust) (verbs)
To breathe the dust which has been raised into the air by a vehicle which is moving in front of a person: "He said, 'eat my dust', as he jumped into his car and quickly drove away."

"This company left the other similar companies eating their dust by advancing far ahead of them."

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