• eat: have food.
  She eats meat everyday.
• tuck in: (informal) eat eagerly, with enjoyment.
  When the guests arrived, Peter was already at the table tucking in.
• lick: eat something by rubbing it with the tongue.
  The boy was sitting in the garden licking an icecream.
• have a snack: eat a small meal between the main meals.
  She usually has a snack for lunch and then a larger meal for dinner.
• stuff/gorge oneself: (informal) eat so much that one can't eat anything else.
  He didn't want any meal because he had stuffed himself with bread and butter.
• overeat: eat more than is necessary or healthy.
  If you want to lose weight, you shouldn't overeat.
• pig out: (informal) eat more than is necessary or healthy.
  When she's depressed she always pigs out on chocolates.
• make a pig of oneself: (informal) eat too much.
  She made a pig of herself, she had the whole pizza for herself!
• guzzle: (informal) eat or drink a lot, with greed.
  You guzzled my dessert! What a pig!
• bolt: eat quickly, because one is in a hurry.
  He bolted down the burger in just a minute!
• wolf down: (informal) eat quickly, because you are hungry or in a hurry.
  He wolfed down his lunch but was still hungry.
• gobble (up): eat quickly.
  You shouldn't gobble your food.
• scoff: (informal) eat quickly.
  William scoffed all the cake before we could get any.
• polish off: finish a meal quickly or easily.
  I was so hungry I polished off all the food.
• nibble: eat small amounts of food, by taking small bites.
  You have to nibble sweet corn.
• peck: eat sparingly, without enthusiasm, because you are not interested or not hungry.
  Sally didn't like the fish. She only pecked at it.
• chew: masticate, bite food several times before swallowing it.
  The meat was so tough that it took a lot of chewing.
• gnaw: keep biting something hard.
  I watched my dog gnawing at the large bone.
• chomp: eat, chew forcefully.
  Francis chomped away at the meat.
• munch: chew, eat noisily.
  We all munched at the cookies as we watched the movie.
• consume: eat or drink.
  Are you going to consume all the beef?
• sip: drink something slowly.
  She was sitting at the table sipping her wine with pleasure.
• suck (up): drink something with a straw.
  Sally sucked up all the juice from the carton.
• swig (back): drink quickly, gulp.
  The thirsty man swigged back the water.
• knock back: drink quickly.
  Francis knocked back his beer in a flash!
• quaff: drink a lot of something quickly, knock back.
  Guests quaffed champagne while waiting for the bride to arrive.
• gulp (down): swallow quickly.
  Francis gulped down his beer quicker than anybody else.

We thank Francis Dixon-Clarke (from Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Javier Alvarez Correa (from Merida, Spain) for their contribution.

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