of eat-of eat-to chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread.-to corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear.-to take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.-to taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.-to make one's way slowly.