eat – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to eat in
Participle: eaten in
Gerund: eating in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	eat in
you	eat in
he;she;it	eats in
we	eat in
you	eat in
they	eat in

Perfect

I	have eaten in
you	have eaten in
he;she;it	has eaten in
we	have eaten in
you	have eaten in
they	have eaten in

Past

I	ate in
you	ate in
he;she;it	ate in
we	ate in
you	ate in
they	ate in

Pluperfect

I	had eaten in
you	had eaten in
he;she;it	had eaten in
we	had eaten in
you	had eaten in
they	had eaten in

Future

I	will eat in
you	will eat in
he;she;it	will eat in
we	will eat in
you	will eat in
they	will eat in

Future Perfect

I	will have eaten in
you	will have eaten in
he;she;it	will have eaten in
we	will have eaten in
you	will have eaten in
they	will have eaten in

Subjunctive

Present

I	eat in
you	eat in
he;she;it	eat in
we	eat in
you	eat in
they	eat in

Perfect

I	have eaten in
you	have eaten in
he;she;it	have eaten in
we	have eaten in
you	have eaten in
they	have eaten in

Imperfect

I	ate in
you	ate in
he;she;it	ate in
we	ate in
you	ate in
they	ate in

Pluperfect

I	had eaten in
you	had eaten in
he;she;it	had eaten in
we	had eaten in
you	had eaten in
they	had eaten in

Conditional

Present

I	would eat in
you	would eat in
he;she;it	would eat in
we	would eat in
you	would eat in
they	would eat in

Perfect

I	would have eaten in
you	would have eaten in
he;she;it	would have eaten in
we	would have eaten in
you	would have eaten in
they	would have eaten in

Imperative

you	eat in
we	Let's eat in
you	eat in

Indicative

Present

I	am eating in
you	are eating in
he;she;it	is eating in
we	are eating in
you	are eating in
they	are eating in

Perfect

I	have been eating in
you	have been eating in
he;she;it	has been eating in
we	have been eating in
you	have been eating in
they	have been eating in

Past

I	was eating in
you	were eating in
he;she;it	was eating in
we	were eating in
you	were eating in
they	were eating in

Pluperfect

I	had been eating in
you	had been eating in
he;she;it	had been eating in
we	had been eating in
you	had been eating in
they	had been eating in

Future

I	will be eating in
you	will be eating in
he;she;it	will be eating in
we	will be eating in
you	will be eating in
they	will be eating in

Future Perfect

I	will have been eating in
you	will have been eating in
he;she;it	will have been eating in
we	will have been eating in
you	will have been eating in
they	will have been eating in

Conditional

Present

I	would be eating in
you	would be eating in
he;she;it	would be eating in
we	would be eating in
you	would be eating in
they	would be eating in

Perfect

I	would have been eating in
you	would have been eating in
he;she;it	would have been eating in
we	would have been eating in
you	would have been eating in
they	would have been eating in

Verbs conjugated like 'eat'

eat, overeat,

Verbs similar to 'eat'

bat, beat, cat, ean, ear, east, elt, ent, ert, fat,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

eat or drink very quickly: pound, drink
eat a meal: dinner, lunch, supper, tea
to consume something solid or semi-solid as food: fret

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ away something, ~ something away, ~ away at somebody, ~ away at something, ~ in, ~ into something, ~ out, ~ out somebody, ~ somebody out, ~ up something, ~ something up, ~ up somebody, ~ somebody up,

Etymology

1. O.E. etan (class V strong verb; past tense æt, pp. eten), from P.Gmc. *etanan (cf. O.N. eta, Goth. itan, Ger. essen), from PIE base *ed- "to eat" (see edible). Transf. sense of "slow, gradual corrosion or destruction" is from 1555. Meaning "to preoccupy, engross" (as in what's eating you?) first recorded 1893. Slang sexual sense of "do cunnilingus on" is first recorded 1927. Eat out "dine away from home" is from 1933; eatery "restaurant" is from 1901; eats (n.) "food" is considered colloquial, but it was present in O.E. The slang phrase to eat one's words is from 1571; to eat one's heart out is from 1596; for eat one's hat, see hat.
2. From Middle English eten, from Old English etan (“to eat”), from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti, from *h₁ed- (“to eat”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots ait (“to eat”), Yola ayth, eight (“to eat”), North Frisian iidj, iit, ää'e, ääre, ääse (“to eat”), Saterland Frisian iete, íete (“to eat”), West Frisian ite (“to eat”), Alemannic German asse, assu, essen, ässe, ässä (“to eat”), Bavarian eisn, essn, èssn (“to eat”), Cimbrian èssan, èzzan (“to eat”), Dutch and Low German eten (“to eat”), German essen (“to eat”), Luxembourgish iessen (“to eat”), Mòcheno èssn (“to eat”), Vilamovian aosa (“to eat”), Yiddish עסן (esn, “to eat”), Danish æde (“to eat”), Elfdalian jätå (“to eat”), Faroese eta (“to eat”), Icelandic eta, éta (“to eat”), Norwegian Bokmål ete (“to eat”), Norwegian Nynorsk eta, ete, åtå (“to eat”), Swedish äta (“to eat”), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan, “to eat”). See: Middle English 'eten', Old English 'etan', Proto-Germanic '*etaną', Proto-Indo-European '*h₁édti', Scots 'ait', Frisian, Saterlandic 'iete', Alemannic German 'asse', Cimbrian 'èssan', German, old spelling 'essen', Luxembourgish 'iessen', Wymysorys 'aosa', Danish 'æde', Elfdalian 'jätå', Faroese 'eta', Icelandic 'eta', Norwegian 'ete', Norwegian, nynorsk 'eta', Swedish 'äta'.

Verbs referencing "eat"

Norwegian, nynorsk eta, Latin edo, German, Pennsylvania esse, Low Saxon eten, German, old spelling essen, Lithuanian ėsti, Latvian ēst, Sanskrit अत्ति, Luxembourgish iessen, Danish æde, Alemannic German ässe, Cimbrian èzzan, Cimbrian èssan.

Sample Sentences

[...] a tolerably fair wind and dry weather. I read in bed (but to this hour I do n't know what ) a good deal; and reeled on deck a little; drank cold brandy-and-water with an unspeakable disgust, and ate hard biscuit perseveringly: not ill, but going to be. (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] over the fence with him; and, sitting down behind a large rock which concealed them from the road, she gave him a breakfast out of her little package. The boy wondered and grieved that she could not eat; and when, putting his arms round her neck, he tried to wedge some of his cake into her mouth, it seemed to her that the rising in her throat would choke her. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] knowing in consequence. Every pig knows where he lives, much better than anybody could tell him. At this hour, just as evening is closing in, you will see them roaming towards bed by scores, eating their way to the last. Occasionally, some youth among them who has over-eaten himself, or has been worried by dogs, trots shrinkingly homeward, like a prodigal son: but this is a rare case: perfect [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] or fowl, in these latitudes, the swallowers of oysters alone are not gregarious; but subduing themselves, as it were, to the nature of what they work in, and copying the coyness of the thing they eat, do sit apart in curtained boxes, and consort by twos, not by two hundreds. (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ And what is the law ? It don't forbid us to shelter those poor creatures a night, does it, and to give ’ em something comfortable to eat, and a few old clothes, and send them quietly about their business ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ Thar ! ” said Aunt Chloe, wiping her eyes and taking up the baby; “ now I's done, I hope,—now do eat something. This yer's my nicest chicken. Thar, boys, ye shall have some, poor critturs ! Yer mammy's been cross to yer. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
Some people fancy all these little dainties together (and sweet preserves beside ), by way of relish to their roast pig. They are generally those dyspeptic ladies and gentlemen who eat unheard-of quantities of hot corn bread (almost as good for the digestion as a kneaded pin-cushion ), for breakfast, and for supper. Those who do not observe this custom, and who help themselves [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] very heart of the bush and swamp. Many of them had singularly bright doors of red and yellow; for the place had been lately visited by a travelling painter, ‘who got along, ’ as I was told, ‘ by eating his way. ’ The criminal court was sitting, and was at that moment trying some criminals for horse-stealing: with whom it would most likely go hard: for live stock of all kinds being necessarily very [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ O, yes, he's down the other end of the gentlemen's cabin, eating an orange. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
They eat and drink together, after the Spartan model, at a great public table. There is no union of the sexes, and every Shaker, male and female, is devoted to a life of celibacy. Rumour has been busy upon [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
We cook a variety of meals every day at home and eat them. (Kaaduvetty)
There's stock inside the shop, poor old lady hasn't eaten, give her a little. (Garadi)
It's just that I 'm just so famished. I haven't eaten in three days and... (Lady Dragon)
He will come You eat now Suppose he comes back home The way you take such good care of me (Magudam)

eat – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of eat

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'eat'

Verbs similar to 'eat'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "eat"

Sample Sentences