ate

Definition

  • noun: a Greek goddess personifying foolhardy and ruinous impulse
  • past tense of 'eat'

Examples

  • After pointing out his teacher's mistake, he smiled 'like the cat that ate the canary'.

  • The failure of his business has 'eaten away at' his confidence.

  • I thought the speech was stupid, but the audience 'ate it up'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) author. The book was elf... A, uh, fictional story About an adopted elf named buddy Who was raised in the North Pole? Went to New York, ate spaghetti, Worked in a shiny mailroom, And eventually saved Christmas. "First, I traveled through the seven levels "Of the candy cane forest, (..)
    2003 Elf