eating

English

Pronunciation

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

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Verb

eating

1. Present participle of eat.

Adjective

eating (not comparable)

1. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked

   Wait! That's not an eating apple.

Translations

suitable to be eaten without cooking

• Finnish: ruoka-

Noun

Wikipedia eating (countable and uncountable; plural eatings)

1. the act of consuming food
2. food, comestibles

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

Translations

the act of consuming food

• Czech: jídlo n, jezení n
• Finnish: syöminen (fi), ruokailu (fi)
• Italian: mangiare (it)

• Macedonian: јадење (mk) (jádenje) n
• Ngarrindjeri: yayun

food, comestibles

• Finnish: ruoka (fi)

• Macedonian: лапачка (mk) (lápačka) f

Anagrams

• tagine, teaing