eten — meaning in English

English meaning

• chow noun Informal: food, especially a meal or snack.
• dinner noun The main meal of the day, typically eaten in the evening.
• eat verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
• food noun Any substance eaten or drunk to sustain life and provide energy.

Senses

eten is used for these senses in English:

• dinner An evening meal.
• dinner A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
• eat (copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").
• eat To ingest; to be ingested.

chow — full definition

1. noun Informal: food, especially a meal or snack.
2. noun Short for Chow Chow, a fluffy Chinese dog breed known for its blue-black tongue.
3. verb Informal: to eat, especially heartily ("chow down").

dinner — full definition

1. noun The main meal of the day, typically eaten in the evening.
2. noun A formal meal held for many guests to mark a special occasion.

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