mangiare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- capture verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
- eat verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
- eating noun The act of consuming food.
- fare noun The money a passenger pays for a bus, train, taxi, or plane ticket.
- scoff verb To speak about something with scorn or mockery, treating it as ridiculous.
Senses
mangiare is used for these senses in English:
- capture (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
- eat To ingest; to be ingested.
- eat (copulative, intransitive) To have a particular quality of diet; to be well-fed or underfed (typically as "eat healthy" or "eat good").
- fare (intransitive, archaic) To eat, dine.
- scoff (Newfoundland, South Africa, and, British Army, _, slang) Food.
capture — full definition
- verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
- verb To record or represent something, especially so it can be seen or reviewed later.
- noun The act of seizing or taking control of something, or the thing seized.
eat — full definition
- verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
- verb To use up or destroy something gradually.
- verb To bother or trouble someone (informal, "what's eating you?").