eat – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of eat

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ieat out
youeat out
he;she;iteats out
weeat out
youeat out
theyeat out

Perfect

Ihave eaten out
youhave eaten out
he;she;ithas eaten out
wehave eaten out
youhave eaten out
theyhave eaten out

Past

Iate out
youate out
he;she;itate out
weate out
youate out
theyate out

Pluperfect

Ihad eaten out
youhad eaten out
he;she;ithad eaten out
wehad eaten out
youhad eaten out
theyhad eaten out

Future

Iwill eat out
youwill eat out
he;she;itwill eat out
wewill eat out
youwill eat out
theywill eat out

Future Perfect

Iwill have eaten out
youwill have eaten out
he;she;itwill have eaten out
wewill have eaten out
youwill have eaten out
theywill have eaten out

Subjunctive

Present

Ieat out
youeat out
he;she;iteat out
weeat out
youeat out
theyeat out

Perfect

Ihave eaten out
youhave eaten out
he;she;ithave eaten out
wehave eaten out
youhave eaten out
theyhave eaten out

Imperfect

Iate out
youate out
he;she;itate out
weate out
youate out
theyate out

Pluperfect

Ihad eaten out
youhad eaten out
he;she;ithad eaten out
wehad eaten out
youhad eaten out
theyhad eaten out

Conditional

Present

Iwould eat out
youwould eat out
he;she;itwould eat out
wewould eat out
youwould eat out
theywould eat out

Perfect

Iwould have eaten out
youwould have eaten out
he;she;itwould have eaten out
wewould have eaten out
youwould have eaten out
theywould have eaten out

Imperative

youeat out
weLet's eat out
youeat out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam eating out
youare eating out
he;she;itis eating out
weare eating out
youare eating out
theyare eating out

Perfect

Ihave been eating out
youhave been eating out
he;she;ithas been eating out
wehave been eating out
youhave been eating out
theyhave been eating out

Past

Iwas eating out
youwere eating out
he;she;itwas eating out
wewere eating out
youwere eating out
theywere eating out

Pluperfect

Ihad been eating out
youhad been eating out
he;she;ithad been eating out
wehad been eating out
youhad been eating out
theyhad been eating out

Future

Iwill be eating out
youwill be eating out
he;she;itwill be eating out
wewill be eating out
youwill be eating out
theywill be eating out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been eating out
youwill have been eating out
he;she;itwill have been eating out
wewill have been eating out
youwill have been eating out
theywill have been eating out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be eating out
youwould be eating out
he;she;itwould be eating out
wewould be eating out
youwould be eating out
theywould be eating out

Perfect

Iwould have been eating out
youwould have been eating out
he;she;itwould have been eating out
wewould have been eating out
youwould have been eating out
theywould have been eating out

Other

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

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)