[{"_id":"5742f41249d89b54063bfbc5","lemma":"eat","pos":"verb","lexicalEntryId":"WktEN_lexicalEntry_4823","senses":[{"label":"","definition":"To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.","examples":["He’s eating an apple.","Don’t disturb me now; can't you see that I’m eating?"],"relations":[]},{"label":"","definition":"To consume a meal.","examples":["What time do we eat this evening?"],"relations":["breakfast","chow down","consume","dine","have one's breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper/tea","lunch","swallow"]},{"label":"","definition":"To be eaten.","examples":["The soup that eats like a meal."],"relations":[]},{"label":"","definition":"To destroy, consume, or use up","examples":["This project is eating up all the money."],"relations":[]},{"label":"informal","definition":"To cause (someone) to worry.","examples":["What’s eating you?"],"relations":["bother","disturb","worry"]},{"label":"business","definition":"To take the loss in a transaction.","examples":["It’s a special order, so we can’t send it back; if the customer won’t accept it, we’ll have to eat the forty tons of steel ourselves.","I have to have him in court tomorrow, if he doesn't show up, I forfeit the bond and I have to eat the $300,000 - From the movie Midnight Run"],"relations":[]},{"label":"","definition":"To corrode or erode.","examples":["The acid rain ate away the statue.","The strong acid eats through the metal."],"relations":[]},{"label":"informal","definition":"To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.","examples":["The VHS recorder just ate the tape and won't spit it out.","John is late for the meeting because the photocopier ate his report."],"relations":[]},{"label":"informal","definition":"To consume money or (other instruments of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment.","examples":["The video game in the corner just ate my quarter."],"relations":[]},{"label":"informal, vulgar","definition":"To perform oral sex on someone.","examples":["Eat me!"],"relations":[]}]}]