ate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
  2. verb take in solid food
    eat.
    • She was eating a banana
    • What did you eat for dinner last night?
  3. verb eat a meal; take a meal
    eat.
    • We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls
    • I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation
  4. verb take in food; used of animals only
    feed; eat.
    • This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat
    • What do whales eat?
  5. verb worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
    eat on; eat.
    • What's eating you?
  6. verb use up (resources or materials)
    exhaust; consume; wipe out; deplete; use up; eat up; eat; run through.
    • this car consumes a lot of gas
    • We exhausted our savings
    • They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
  7. verb cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
    eat; rust; corrode.
    • The acid corroded the metal
    • The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink

WordNet


Ate
Definitions
  1. the preterit of Eat.
A"te noun
Etymology
Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Greek. Myth.) The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.

Webster 1913