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English

Etymology

From Middle English eten, from Old English etan (“to eat”), from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etan? (“to eat”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?édti, from *h?ed- (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /i?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /it/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Verb

eat (third-person singular simple present eats, present participle eating, simple past ate or (dialectal) et or (obsolete) eat, past participle eaten or (dialectal) etten)

1. To ingest; to be ingested.
   1. (transitive, intransitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
      • At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
   3. (intransitive) To consume a meal.
      • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

        I eat in the kitchen.

   4. (intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.
      • 1852, The New Monthly Magazine (page 310)

        I don't know any quarter in England where you get such undeniable mutton—mutton that eats like mutton, instead of the nasty watery, stringy, turnipy stuff, neither mutton nor lamb, that other countries are inundated with.

      • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

        […] dish him [the fish] with slices of oranges, barberries, grapes, gooseberries, and butter; and you will find that he eats deliriously either with farced pain or gammon pain.

   5. (copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").
2. To use up.
   1. (transitive) To destroy, consume, or use up.
      • 1857-1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians

        His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages.

   2. (transitive, informal, of a device) To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.
      • 1991, Shane Black, The Last Boy Scout (movie)

        No! There's a problem with the cassette player. Don't press fast forward or it eats the tape!

   3. (transitive, informal, of a vending machine or similar device) To consume money (or other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment.
      • 1977, Nancy Dowd, Slap Shot (movie)

        Hey! This stupid [soda vending] machine ate my quarter.

3. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.

4. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
   • 1988, George Gallo, Midnight Run (movie)

     I have to have him in court tomorrow, if he doesn't show up, I forfeit the bond and I have to eat the $300,000.
5. (transitive, slang) To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
   • 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)

     I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops and Eddie Mars' gang. I dodge bullets and eat saps.

   • 1997, A. A. Gill, "Diary" (in The Spectator, 1 November 1997):

     Friends are only necessary in the ghastly country, where you have to have them, along with rubber boots and a barometer and secateurs, to put off bucolic idiocy, a wet brain, or eating the 12-bore.

   • 2012, Kaya McLaren, How I Came to Sparkle Again: A Novel, St. Martin's Press (?ISBN):

     Mike had been to other calls where someone had eaten a gun. He knew to expect teeth embedded in the ceiling and brains dripping off it.

   • 2017, Edward W. Robertson, Stardust, Edward W. Robertson:

     The animal was sweating and scared and MacAdams was surprised when they finished up without either of them eating a kick.

   • 2018, Daniel Tomazic, Of Bullies and Men: Young Adult Fiction (?ISBN), page 18:

     There was a resounding smacking noise and Georgy was sure Philip had just eaten a fist.

6. (transitive, intransitive) To corrode or erode.

7. (transitive, slang) To perform oral sex (on a person or body part).

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (consume): consume, swallow; see also Thesaurus:eat
• (cause to worry): bother, disturb, worry
• (eat a meal): dine, breakfast, chow down, feed one's face, have one's breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper/tea, lunch

Derived terms

Related terms

• fret
• ort

Translations

See also

• drink
• edible
• food

Noun

eat (plural eats)

1. (colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.
   • 2011, William Chitty, ?Nigel Barker, ?Michael Valos, Integrated Marketing Communications (page 167)

     Eating a Picnic creates a flurry of wafer pieces, flying peanuts and chocolate crumbs. […] As well as being messy, Picnic happens to be a big eat – something of a consumption challenge in fact.

Anagrams

• -ate, AET, Até, Atë, ETA, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, ate, eta, tea, æt.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?e.at/, [?eät?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.at/, [????t?]

Verb

eat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of e?

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?ea?h(t)/

Verb

eat

1. first-person plural present of ii

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t/

Pronoun

eat

1. something, anything

   Antonym: neat

Further reading

• “eat”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Alternative forms

• gramme (dated, chiefly British)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æm/
• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: graham (GenAm)

Etymology 1

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”). Doublet of gramma.

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

Translations

See also

• kilogram
• milligram
• List of SI units

Etymology 2

From obsolete Portuguese gram (modern Portuguese grão), from Latin gr?num. Doublet of grain.

Noun

gram (uncountable)

1. A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
2. (uncountable) The seeds of these plants.

Derived terms

• Bengal gram
• gram flour

Translations

Etymology 3

Diminutive of grandmother.

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. Grandmother.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???e?m/, /???æm/

Noun

gram (uncountable)

1. (US) Misspelling of graham.

Etymology 6

Clipping of Instagram.

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of 'gram

References

Further reading

• gram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gram (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MAgr, marg

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /???am/

Etymology 1

From French gramme.

Noun

gram m (plural grams)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Etymology 2

From Latin gr?men. Previously applied to grasses in general but now restricted to a few specific species.

Noun

gram m (plural grams)

1. Bermuda grass

Derived terms

• gram negre
• gramera
• gramós

Further reading

• “gram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ram]
• Hyphenation: gram
• Rhymes: -am

Noun

gram m inan

1. gram (unit)

Declension

Derived terms

• miligram
• centigram
• decigram
• dekagram
• kilogram

Further reading

• gram in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• gram in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gramr, cognates with the Icelandic gramur (“resentful, irritated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/, [????m?]

Adjective

gram

1. irate

Inflection

Related terms

• gram i hu

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?????? (grammá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/, [????m?]

Noun

gram n (singular definite grammet, plural indefinite gram)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?m/
• Hyphenation: gram
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma during the French Revolution, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Noun

gram n or m (plural grammen, diminutive grammetje n)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Derived terms

• centigram
• decagram
• decigram
• hectogram
• kilogram
• microgram
• milligram
• nanogram

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: gram

See also

• gewicht
• kilo

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gram (“wrath”).

Adjective

gram (comparative grammer, superlative gramst)

1. (rare) angry, irate

Etymology 3

Substantivization of the adjective above.

Noun

gram m (uncountable, diminutive grammetje n)

1. (rare) wrath

See also

• gramschap
• toorn
• wrevel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gram, from Old High German gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gram (not comparable)

1. angry

Further reading

• “gram” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch gram, from French gramme, from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ram]
• Hyphenation: gram

Noun

gram (first-person possessive gramku, second-person possessive grammu, third-person possessive gramnya)

1. gram: a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

Further reading

• “gram” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????am?/

Noun

gram m (genitive singular graim, nominative plural graim)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "gram" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Adjective

gram

1. angry
2. sad, upset

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: gram

Further reading

• “gram”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gram (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Old English gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz; cognate to Old Norse gramr. Related to grim.

Adjective

gram

1. Angry.
   • c. 1300, Havelok the Dane:

     For he knew, the swike dam, / Euerildel God was him gram.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma)

Noun

gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma or grammene)

1. a gram, unit of weight, symbol g.

Derived terms

• mikrogram

References

• “gram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “gram_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma)

Noun

gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma)

1. a gram, unit of weight, symbol g.

Derived terms

• mikrogram

References

• “gram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?m/

Adjective

gram

1. angry, hostile

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/

Etymology 1

Noun

gram m inan

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gram

1. first-person singular present indicative of gra?

Further reading

• gram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

gram m (plural grãos)

1. Obsolete spelling of grão

Descendants

• ? English: gram

Adjective

gram

1. Obsolete spelling of grão

Romanian

Etymology

From French gramme.

Noun

gram n (plural grame)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/

Noun

gram m (plural gramichean)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Mutation

Derived terms

• cileagram (“kilogram”)
• micreo-gram (“microgram”)

Related terms

• tunna (“tonne”)

References

• “gram” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?râm/

Noun

gr?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. gram (unit)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

gram n

1. gram (unit of mass)

Tatar

Noun

gram

1. Latin spelling of ???? (gram, “gram (unit of mass)”)

Declension

Volapük

Noun

gram (nominative plural grams)

1. gram

Declension