Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Consumed”, starting with the letters ea.
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verb
- To take in through the mouth as food ingest, chew, and swallow in turn
- To destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating
"Marketing expenses were eating into the profits."
- To bear the expense of take a loss on
"The team was forced to eat the rest of his contract."
- To consume gradually corrode
"cars eaten away by rust"
- To consume with vexation bother
"What's eating you now?"
- To enjoy eagerly or avidly lap
- To perform fellatio or cunnilingus on
- To take food or a meal see also eat up
- To affect something by gradual destruction or consumption
idiom
- Unable to escape (a feeling, such as jealousy, bitterness, etc.) and made unhappy by it
"He was eaten up with envy of his brother's success."
adjective
- Eaten into by moth larvae
"moth-eaten clothes"
- Dilapidated
- Antiquated, outmoded
adjective
- Eaten or burrowed by worms
"worm-eaten timber"
- Pitted
- Worn-out, antiquated
noun
- An act or pattern of excessive or compulsive consumption of food
"… if you deny yourself grandma's homemade pumpkin pie with whipped cream, it could haunt your dreams like Scrooge's ghosts. Sometimes, that feeling of deprivation leads to binge eating."
verb
- Used to tell someone to start or continue eating
"Eat up! Your dinner is getting cold."
This clue was used on February 12, 2025.
This clue has been used several times with the same answer. It also appeared on these dates:
December 31, 2024