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• IPA ^(key): /iːt/Category:Entries with IPA pronunciation
• SAMPA: /i:t/

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Verb

1. (transitive & intransitive)Category:Transitive verbsCategory:Intransitive verbs If you eat something, usually food, you put it in your mouth, chew it, and swallow it.

   I always eat too much good when it's Thanksgiving.

   My 2 year old accidentally ate chalk that she found on the table.

2. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs If you eat the cost of something, you pay for it.

   The supplier will have to eat the cost of returning the goods.

3. (taboo) If you eat someone, you give them sex with your mouth (oral sex)