жрать

uncommon #5383C2

verbimperfective perfective is пожра́ть

1.
to eat (coarsely), to devour, to wolf down
Не жри так бы́стро!
Don't wolf your food down like that!
Low colloquial and rude. Originally of animals feeding; used of people it implies they eat like animals - greedily and messily.

Examples

Прекрати́ жрать в постели, мне надое́ло убира́ть за тобой.
Stop eating in bed, I'm sick of cleaning up after you.
Том не зна́ет ра́зницы между есть и жрать.
Tom doesn't know the difference between eating and stuffing one's face.
Э́та програ́мма просто жрёт батаре́ю.
This application just eats up your battery.
Ко́шка жрет мышо́нка.
The cat is eating the little mouse.
Моя́ маши́на просто жрёт бензи́н.
My car is a gas-guzzler.
Жрать хочу́.
I'm terribly hungry.
Смысл жи́зни мно́гих люде́й умеща́ется в трёх бу́квах: ЖСС - жрать, срать, спать.
The meaning of life for most people fits into three letters: ESS - eat, shit, sleep.
Келли жрёт как ло́шадь.
Kelly eats like a horse.

Imperative
ты	жри́
вы	жри́те

Active present	жру́щий	devouring, gobbling, wolfing down
Active past	жра́вший	having eaten, having devoured, who ate/devoured
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	жря́	while doing (present)
Gerund past	жра́в жравши	while doing (past)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
жрать	-	to eat (coarsely)
зажра́ться	за-	to become spoiled; to stuff oneself
нажра́ться	на-	to get drunk; to stuff oneself
обожра́ться	обо-	to glut oneself