TOP

Definition of eating noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eating

noun
 
/ˈiːtɪŋ/
 
/ˈiːtɪŋ/
 [uncountable]Idioms
jump to other results
  1. the act of eating something
    • healthy eating
    see also clean eating, comfort eating, man-eatingTopics Cooking and eatinga1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryEating is used before these nouns:
    • apple
    • binge
    • disorder
    • …
    See full entry
Idioms
the proof of the pudding (is in the eating) | the proof is in the pudding
  1. (saying) you can only judge if something is good or bad when you have tried it
See eating in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee eating in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
Check pronunciation: eating

Nearby words

influence
verb
 
 
From the Word list
OPAL spoken words
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day