eating

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of eat

adj

1. (not-comparable)Bred to be eaten.

   “eating chickens; eating quails”

2. (not-comparable)Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

   “Wait! That's not an eating apple.”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of ingesting food.

   “Arabs consider the eating of mushrooms as an aphrodisiac aid.”

2. (countable, dialectal, informal, uncountable)Food; cooking, cuisine.

   “I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating!”

   “These pears are good eating.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The act of corroding or consuming some substance.