ate

Meaning of ate

verb

past of eat.

noun
  1. an elder sister.
    my ate is always there for me

Tagalog.

suffix
  1. forming nouns denoting status or office.
    doctorate
    episcopate
  2. forming nouns denoting a group.
    electorate
  3. forming nouns denoting a salt or ester, especially of an acid with a corresponding name ending in -ic.
    chlorate
    nitrate
  4. forming nouns denoting a product of a chemical process.
    condensate
    filtrate

from Old French -at or Latin -atus, -ata, -atum .

suffix
  1. forming adjectives and nouns such as associate, duplicate, separate.
  2. forming adjectives from Latin.
    caudate

from Latin -atus, -ata, -atum .

suffix

forming verbs such as fascinate, hyphenate.

from -ate2; originally forms were based on existing past participial adjectives ending in -atus, but were later extended to any Latin verb ending in -are and to French verbs ending in -er .

abbreviation, noun

automated test equipment.

verb, past tense
  1. put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.
    he was eating a hot dog
    she watched her son as he ate
  2. perform fellatio or cunnilingus on (someone).

Old English etan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch eten and German essen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin edere and Greek edein .

Information about ate

Hyphenation of ate

ate

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • ate is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

ate synonyms

Meaning Ate:

Ate

Meaning eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink):

consume

Meaning eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly:

devour

Meaning take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it:

ingest

Meaning cause or allow (something, especially food or drink) to pass down the throat:

swallow

Meaning bite and work (food) in the mouth with the teeth, especially to make it easier to swallow:

chew

Meaning eat (something) steadily and often audibly:

munch

Meaning munch or chew noisily or vigorously:

chomp

Meaning (of a horse) make a noisy biting or chewing action:

champ

Meaning eat or drink (something) greedily:

guzzle

Meaning eat food enthusiastically or greedily:

nosh

Meaning pull or knock down (a building):

demolish

Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:

sink

Meaning swallow (food) hastily or greedily:

gollop

Meaning move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance:

shift

Meaning breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.):

inhale

Meaning swallow (something) greedily:

ingurgitate

ate antonyms

Meaning suffer or die or cause to suffer or die from hunger:

starve

Meaning moving or capable of moving at high speed:

fast

Anagrams of ate

eat, Eta, eta, tea

Words that rhyme with ate

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