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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Eating

/ēt'-ĭng/ · Eat·ing · IPA /ˈitɪŋ/
01 n. The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.
  1. 1.
    The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.
  2. 2.
    Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating.[Colloq.]
Phrases & compounds
Eating house — a house where cooked provisions are sold, to be eaten on the premises.