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ate

/eɪt/noun, verb1 syllable

Ate means: use up (resources or materials).

Synonyms for ate14

verb, as in use up (resources or materials)

consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out, use, expend

verb, as in cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

corrode, eat, rust

verb, as in take in solid food

eat, feed

verb, as in take in food; used of animals only

feed, eat

verb, as in worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way

eat, eat on

verb, as in eat a meal; take a meal

eat

What does ate mean?7

verb

1

use up (resources or materials)“this car consumes a lot of gas”

2

cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid“The acid corroded the metal”

3

take in solid food“She was eating a banana”

4

take in food; used of animals only“This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat”

5

worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way“What's eating you?”

6

eat a meal; take a meal“We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls”

noun

1

goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with ate?43

three syllables

interstate
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All 43 rhymes for ate, grouped by syllable

Ate in a sentence

  • As we ate dessert, the desire grew to travel in this country.evwool
  • The dog ate the fish, bones, tail and all.CK
  • To my surprise, they ate the meat raw.Swift
  • As he had no way of making fire, he ate the fish raw.ToxicFriu
  • After we had finished that, we ate lunch.contour
  • As we ate our meal, we talked about what we had done that day.CK
  • For three weeks, he ate nothing at all.CK
  • Before forks and chopsticks, people usually ate food with a piece of flat bread.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of ate

as a noun

plural
ates