verb · Food & Drink

eating

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The meaning (definition) of the word eating

putting food in your mouth and chewing it

The word eating used in a sentence

“I am eating a juicy red apple.”

How the word eating is said around the world

Frenchmanger (mahn-ZHAY)
Spanishcomiendo (koh-MYEN-doh)
Mandarin吃着 (chir juh)
Hindiखाना (KHAA-na)
Arabicآكُلُ (AA-ku-lu)
Russianем (yem)
Portuguese (EU)a comer (uh koo-MAYR)
Portuguese (BR)comendo (koh-MEHN-doo)
Japaneseたべている (TAH-beh-teh EE-roo)
Germanessen (ES-sen)
Urduکھا رہا (KHAH ra-HAA)
Punjabiਖਾ ਰਿਹਾ (KHAA ree-HAA)
Korean먹고 있다 (MUHK-kkoh EET-ttah)
Hebrewאוכל (oh-KHEL)
Greekτρώω (TROH-oh)
Dutcheten (AY-tun)
Tagalogkumakain (koo-mah-kah-EEN)
Vietnameseđang ăn (dahng AHN)
Turkishyiyor (YEE-yor)
Persianخوردن (khor-DAN)
Polishjeść (yeshtch)
Ukrainianїсти (YEE-sty)
Bengaliখাচ্ছি (KHAH-chhee)
Swedishäter (EH-tehr)
Italianmangiando (mahn-JAHN-doh)

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