V. eat; Eat; Dine.

[Example] I? eat? lots less than I used? to.

I eat much less than before.

[other] third person singular: eats? Now participle: eating? Past tense: ate? Past participle: eaten.

Eat can be used as a verb

The basic meaning of eat is "eating", which refers to the process that people or animals chew food in their mouths and swallow it. By extension, it can mean a slow and gradual consumption and damage process similar to chewing, that is, "decay, erosion" and so on.

Eat can be used as a transitive or intransitive verb; When used as a transitive verb, it takes a noun or pronoun as the object. The object of "eating" can be food, or words such as a meal, one's breakfast.

When eat is used as an intransitive verb, it means "eat, it tastes like …". When food is used as the subject, the active form can express the passive meaning, and it is often modified by adverbial.