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EAT abbreviation, IVR East Africa Tanganyika, ie Tanzania.

eat verb (ate , eaten, eating) 1 to bite, chew and swallow (food). 2 intrans to take in food; to take a meal. 3 to take something in as food. 4 to tolerate something as food. 5 to eat into something. 6 colloq to trouble or worry someone • What's eating you? be eaten up by or with something: to be greatly affected by it (usually a bad feeling) • be eaten up with jealousy. eat humble pie to lower oneself or lose dignity, eg by admitting a mistake. eat one's heart out to suffer, especially in silence, from some longing or anxiety, or from envy. eat one's words to admit that one was wrong. eat out of someone's hand colloq to be very willing to follow, obey or agree with them. eat up the miles said of a vehicle: to cover a distance at speed. What's eating you, him, etc? What's wrong with you, him, etc?
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon etan.

eat something away or eat away at something 1 to gnaw it. 2 to eat into it (sense 3).

eat in to eat at home rather than in a restaurant, cafe, etc.

eat into or through something 1 to use it up gradually. 2 to waste it. 3 to destroy its material, substance or form, etc, especially by chemical action; to corrode it.

eat out to eat at a restaurant, cafe, etc rather than at home.

eat up to finish one's food.

eat something up 1 to finish (one's food). 2 to destroy it. 3 to absorb; to listen with real interest.

be eaten up with something to be consumed by (jealousy, etc).