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Definition of Eat on
1. Verb. Worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way. "The bad news will eat on him"; "What's eating you?"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eat On
Literary usage of Eat on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"Like other orientals, the Indian islanders squat down, and eat on the ground, or
on covers little above its level. The naked hand alone is used to convey ..."
2. Rachel and the New World: A Trip to the United States and Cuba by Léon Beauvallet (1856)
"HOW THEY eat on BOARD. THE weather is now superb. The sea is calm. Our steamer
flies with frightful rapidity, notwithstanding the enormous freight with ..."
3. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"They [the courtesans] were во graced that they eat on high alone by themselves,
... eat on ..."
4. Adventure Guide Honduras & The Bay Islands by Maria Fiallos (2006)
"Where to Stay & eat on Roatán The wide array of lodging available on Roatán,
which ranges from budget hotels, bed & breakfasts and dive resorts to vacation ..."
5. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Book of Revelation by Albert Barnes (1859)
"16 And he that eat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth ; and the earth
was reaped. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, ..."
6. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"All alone, by the side of the pool, A tall man eat on a three-legged stool, .
Kicking his heels on the dewy sod, ..."
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