eater

transitive verb ate , eaten , eating

1. to put (food) in the mouth, chew if necessary, and swallow
2. to use up, devour, destroy, or waste as by eating; consume or ravage: usually with away or up
3. to penetrate and destroy, as acid does; corrode
4. to make by or as by eating: the acid ate holes in the cloth
5. to bring into a specified condition by eating: to eat oneself sick
6. Informal to absorb (a financial loss); accept responsibility for losses resulting from (unsold goods, bad debts, etc.)
7. ☆ Slang to worry or bother: what's eating him?
8. Vulgar, Slang to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on

Origin: ME eten < OE etan, akin to Ger essen < IE base *ed-, to eat > L edere, Gr edmenai

intransitive verb

1. to eat food; have a meal or meals
2. to destroy or use up something gradually: often with into