to eat
→
to consume
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | kuu (食う) | |
| meaning 1 | to devour (vulg.) | 大魚は小魚を食う The great fish eats the small |
| meaning 2 | to consume | この仕事に私の時間の大半は食われてしまいそうだ I fear this work will take up most of my time |
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| comment | EDICT. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | жрать (žrat') | |
| meaning 1 | to eat, to devour | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to consume | Эта машина жрет по 20 литров бензина This car consumes each time 20 l of petrol |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | jести (jesti) | |
| meaning 1 | to eat | Мишеви ноћу једу сланину. Mice eat bacon at night. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to consume | Једе његове паре. It consumes his money. |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 509 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Vietnamese | |
| lexeme | ăn | |
| meaning 1 | to eat | ăn một suất kem to eat one ice cream |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to consume | Động cơ ăn nhiều xăng. Nhà máy ăn tốn than. The plant consumes a lot of coal Engine consumes a lot of fuel. |
| reference | Bùi Hiền 2017: 17 | |
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