| Main Entry: | nibble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | morsel, bite |
Synonyms: |
crumb, peck, snack, soupçon, taste, tidbit |
Antonyms: |
mouthful |
| Main Entry: | nibble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bite, pick at |
Synonyms: |
crop, eat, eat like a bird, gnaw, munch, nip, nosh on, peck, snack |
Antonyms: |
gorge |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mouthful of food |
Synonyms: |
brunch, drop, light meal, morsel, nibble, nosh, piece, refreshment, sample, snack, sop, taste |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip or tear with teeth |
Synonyms: |
champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of, taste, tooth, wound |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a chance |
Synonyms: |
be victim, get hooked, nibble, risk, volunteer |
Antonyms: |
be careful |
| Main Entry: | browse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look around; look through |
Synonyms: |
check over, dip into, examine cursorily, feed, flip through, get the cream, give the once over, glance at, graze, hit the high spots, inspect loosely, leaf through, nibble*, once over lightly, pass an eye over, peruse, read, read here and there, riff through, riffle through, run through, scan, skim, skip through, survey, thumb through wander |
| Main Entry: | chew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind with teeth |
Synonyms: |
bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, dispatch, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, gum, manducate, masticate, munch, nibble, rend, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
Synonyms: |
absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down*, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
fast, starve |
| Main Entry: | eat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume food |
Synonyms: |
absorb, attack, banquet, bite, bolt*, break bread, breakfast, chew, chow down, cram, devour, digest, dine, dispatch, dispose of, fall to, feast upon, feed, gobble up, gorge, gormandize, graze*, have a bite, have a meal, have for, ingest, inhale*, lunch, make pig of oneself, masticate, munch, nibble, nosh, partake of, peck at, pick, pig out, polish off, pork out, put away, ruminate, scarf, scoff, snack, sup, swallow, take food, take in, take nourishment, wolf |
| Main Entry: | eat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | erode, wear away; use up |
Synonyms: |
bite, condense, corrode, crumble, decay, decompose, disappear, disintegrate, dissipate, dissolve, drain, exhaust, gnaw, liquefy, melt, nibble, rot, run through, rust, spill, squander, vanish, waste away |
Antonyms: |
build, maintain, preserve |