Verb

To ingest; to be ingested.

#(lb) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.

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#*: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.

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#(senseid) To consume a meal.

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To use up.

#(lb) To destroy, consume, or use up.

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#*(William Makepeace Thackeray) (1811-1863)

#*:His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages.

# To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.

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#*(Bruce Willis) in the movie (The Last Boy Scout)

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

# To consume money or (other instruents 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.

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#*From the movie

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

To cause (someone) to worry.

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To take the loss in a transaction.

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*From the movie (Midnight Run)

*: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.

(lb) To corrode or erode.

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To perform oral sex on someone.

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Verb

To pay out (money).

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= No hiding place , passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}

To bestow; to employ; often with on'' or ''upon .

* (George Herbert) (1593-1633)

Iam never loath / To spend my judgment.

(label) To squander.

To exhaust, to wear out.

* (Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)

their bodies spent with long labour and thirst

To consume, to use up (time).

* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

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* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

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To have an orgasm; to ejaculate sexually.

(label) To waste or wear away; to be consumed.

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air.

To be diffused; to spread.

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes.

(label) To break ground; to continue working.