eat + adverb : healthily, properly, sensibly, well
eat|en /iː t ə n/ Eaten is the past participle of eat .
ea t|en u p ADJ [v-link ADJ with n] If someone is eaten up with jealousy, curiosity, or desire, they feel it very intensely. [INFORMAL ] □ Don't waste your time being eaten up with envy.
eat|er /iː tə r / (eaters ) N‑COUNT [adj N , n N ] You use eater to refer to someone who eats in a particular way or who eats particular kinds of food. □ I've never been a fussy eater. □ …vegetarians and meat eaters.
eat|ery /iː təri/ (eateries ) N‑COUNT An eatery is a place where you can buy and eat food. [JOURNALISM ] □ …one of the most elegant old eateries in town.
ea t|ing ap|ple (eating apples ) N‑COUNT An eating apple is an ordinary apple that is usually eaten raw.
eau de co|logne /oʊ də kəloʊ n/ also eau de Cologne N‑UNCOUNT Eau de cologne is a fairly weak, sweet-smelling perfume.
eaves /iː vz/ N‑PLURAL The eaves of a house are the lower edges of its roof. □ There were icicles hanging from the eaves.
eaves|drop /iː vzdrɒp/ (eavesdrops , eavesdropping , eavesdropped ) VERB If you eavesdrop on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying. □ [V + on ] The government illegally eavesdropped on his phone conversations. □ [V ] The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door. ● eaves|drop|ping N‑UNCOUNT □ …foreign electronic eavesdropping on army communications. ● eaves|drop|per (eavesdroppers ) N‑COUNT □ Modern technology enables eavesdroppers to pick up conversations through windows or walls.
e -bank|ing N‑UNCOUNT E-banking is the use of the internet to operate your bank account. □ How do I sign onto e-banking?
ebb /e b/ (ebbs , ebbing , ebbed )
1 VERB When the tide or the sea ebbs , its level gradually falls. □ [V ] When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.
2 N‑COUNT The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. □ …the spring ebb tide.
3 VERB If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs , it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. [FORMAL ] □ [V ] Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed? ● PHRASAL VERB Ebb away means the same as ebb . □ [V P ] Their popular support is ebbing away.
4 PHRASE If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb , they are not being very successful or profitable. □ …a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb.
5 PHRASE You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls. □ …the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.
Ebola / I boʊ lə, əboʊ lə/ N‑UNCOUNT Ebola is a very serious disease caused by a virus, that causes fever, bleeding inside the body, and usually death. □ 6,000 cases of Ebola were reported in West Africa. □ …the Ebola virus.
eb|ony /e bəni/
1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Ebony is a very hard, heavy, dark-coloured wood. □ …a small ebony cabinet.
2 ADJ Something that is ebony is a very deep black colour. [LITERARY ] □ He had rich, soft ebony hair.
e -book (e-books ) N‑COUNT An e-book is a book which is produced for reading on a computer screen. E-book is an abbreviation for 'electronic book'. □ …reading an e-book by the pool on holiday.
ebul|lient / I bʌ liənt, -bʊ l-/ ADJ If you describe someone as ebullient , you mean that they are lively and full of enthusiasm or excitement about something. [FORMAL ] □ …the ebullient Russian President. ● ebul|lience / I bʌ liəns, -bʊ l-/ N‑UNCOUNT □ His natural ebullience began to return.
e -bu siness (e-businesses )
1 N‑COUNT An e-business is a business which uses the internet to sell goods or services, especially one which does not also have shops or offices that people can visit or phone. [BUSINESS ]
2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] E-business is the buying, selling, and ordering of goods and services using the internet. [BUSINESS ] □ …proven e-business solutions.
e -card (e-cards ) N‑COUNT An e-card is a digital card that you send over the internet on a special occasion. □ She sent me an e-card for my birthday.
ec|cen|tric / I kse ntr I k/ (eccentrics ) ADJ If you say that someone is eccentric , you mean that they behave in a strange way, and have habits or opinions that are different from those of most people. □ He is an eccentric character who likes wearing a beret and dark glasses. ● N‑COUNT An eccentric is an eccentric person. □ On first impressions it would be easy to dismiss Jonathan as an eccentric. ● ec|cen|tri|cal|ly / I kse ntr I kli/ ADV [ADV adj/-ed, ADV after v] □ The painters were eccentrically dressed.
ec|cen|tri|city /e ksentr I s I ti/ (eccentricities )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Eccentricity is unusual behaviour that other people consider strange. □ She is unusual to the point of eccentricity. □ He was known as Mad Shelley partly because of his eccentricity and partly because of his violent temper.
2 N‑COUNT [usu pl, oft with poss] Eccentricities are ways of behaving that people think are strange, or habits or opinions that are different from those of most people. □ We all have our eccentricities.