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ate
/eɪt/
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What does ate mean?
verb
- simple past of eat
- past participle of eat
noun
- An elder sister
More meanings (1)
noun
- A respectful title or form of address for an older woman.
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The station agent ate as if he had never been fed before, apologizing every time he took another piece of fried chicken.
He rubbed the sleep from his eyes, bathed in a little brook, and then ate a portion of his bread and cheese.
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He joined them, and ate voraciously, declaring that it was worth a month's illness to have things taste so good once more.
Then the old woman opened the sideboard, and ate and drank, had a mattress which she owned brought in, and installed herself.
I sat down before the window, took out the biscuits that still remained to me, and ate them with an excellent appetite.