[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/eater.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / eater

[← E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/E/)

# eater

«eater» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person or animal that eats, often described by how or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an eater, eaters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person or animal that eats, often described by how or what it eats: «a fussy eater», «a big eater». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#m1)

2) (as part of a word) An animal that eats a certain food: «anteater», «meat-eater», «plant-eater». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#m2)

3) A fire-eater is a performer who pretends to eat fire and breathes out flames at shows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, animals are grouped by what they eat: plant-eaters (herbivores), meat-eaters (carnivores), and those that eat both (omnivores). In everyday life and health, «a fussy/picky eater» refuses many foods; «a healthy eater» chooses good food. Phrases: «a fussy eater», «a big eater», «a slow eater».

### examples

- My brother is a very fussy eater. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#x1)
- Lions are meat-eaters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#x2)
- Cows are plant-eaters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#x3)
- The anteater licks up ants with its long tongue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#x4)
- Dad is a big eater; he always has seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#x5)
- A healthy eater has lots of fruit and vegetables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#x6)
- She is a slow eater, so she is last to leave the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#x7)
- The fire-eater laughed again, and blew a flame at Makoma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/#x8)

### note

Countable: eaters. «An eater» because it starts with a vowel sound. In science, the long words are herbivore (plant-eater), carnivore (meat-eater), omnivore (eats both).

### In the corpora

- [Lions are meat-eaters and cannot live on grass; hunting is how they feed themselves and their cubs, not cruelty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life/10/)
- [Because energy is lost at each step, there are always far fewer predators than plant-eaters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/30-balance-in-food-webs/7/)
- [Predators help keep a habitat healthy by stopping plant-eaters from growing too many.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/30-balance-in-food-webs/13/)
- [And he said unto them: Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.438/)
- [Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.668/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eater» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eater/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.