Let’s eat!
English and food have something very important in common: variety! Having a choice of food to eatTo put food into your mouth and swallow it. is very important because, after all, you don’t want to eat the same food every day, right? That goes for English too! You don’t want to say the same thing in a situation every time, right? Without variety, food and English both become boring. So in this article we’ll look at 6 more ways to say eat in English to spice up your conversations.
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Word List
Here are 6 more ways to say eat in English that we’ll use in this article. We’ll separate them into three sections: eating a little, eating a lot and making sound when you eat.
Eat a little
- nibble- To eat bit by bit
- To bite gently - gnawTo bite or nibble something consistently
Eat a lot
- devour- To eat something quickly and completely
- To eat something greedily - gorgeTo eat food in an attempt to completely fill your stomach
Eat with sound
- crunchTo make a crushing sound (often when eating)
- slurpTo make a sucking sound when eating
Of course there are a lot more than 6 synonyms to say eat, but we’ll stick with these for now.
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Pronunciation Practice
Easy Examples
More Ways to Say Eat a Little
Nibble
Examples of nibble
- The squirrel nibbles a nut.
- The squirrel is nibbling a nut.
- The squirrel nibbles on a nut.
Grammar (third person)
- Present simple (nibbles)
- Present continuous (is nibbling)
- Phrasal verb (nibbles on)
Gnaw
Examples of gnaw
- The dog gnaws a branch.
- The dog is gnawing a branch.
- The dog gnaws on a branch.
Grammar (third person)
- Present simple (gnaws)
- Present continuous (is gnawing)
- Phrasal verb (gnaws on)
More Ways to Say Eat a Lot
Devour
Examples of devour
- The egret devours a fish.
- The egret is devouring a fish.
- The egret devoured a fish.
Grammar (third person)
- Present simple (devours)
- Present continuous (is devouring)
- Past tense (devoured)
Gorge
Examples of gorge
- The man gorges a hamburger.
- The man is gorging a hamburger.
- The man gorged on a hamburger.
Grammar (third person)
- Present simple (gorges)
- Present continuous (is gorging)
- Past tense, phrasal verb (gorged on)
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Crunch
Examples of crunch
- The woman crunches a chip.
- The woman is crunching a chip.
- The woman likes to crunch chips.
Grammar (third person)
- Present simple (crunches)
- Present continuous (is crunching)
- “Like to” infinitive (likes to crunch)
Slurp
Examples of slurp
- The man and woman slurp soup.
- The man and woman are slurping soup.
- The man and woman slowly slurp soup.
Grammar (third person)
- Present simple (slurp)
- Present continuous (are slurping)
- Alliteration (slowly slurp soup)
6 More Examples with Different Grammar
Examples of nibble
- I nibbled on a piece of licorice.
- I was gnawing on beef jerky for 30 minutes.
- I am going to devour a whole pizza.
- I gorged great grilled garlic bread.
- I should crunch one chip at a time.
- I slurp my noodles loudly.
Grammar (third person)
- Past simple (nibbled)
- Past continuous (was gnawing)
- Simple future (am going to devour)
- Alliteration (gorged great grilled garlic)
- Recommendation (should crunch)
- Adverb description (slurp loudly)
That was delicious
I hope you enjoyed these other ways to say eat in English. Remember that word variety will really spice up your conversations, just like good food! Don’t worry about memorizing everything, just keep practicing variety until you get comfortable and use this new English vocabulary naturally.
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