поеда́ть

rare #13643

verbimperfective perfective is пое́сть

1.
to eat, to eat up, to devour
Он с аппети́том поеда́л бли́нчики.
He was eating the pancakes with a good appetite.
Imperfective; often of eating something up steadily or with relish.
2.
to eat away, to eat through, to corrode
Ржа́вчина поеда́ет желе́зо.
Rust eats away at iron.
Figurative use, of rust, acid or pests.

Examples

Некоторые живо́тные поеда́ют свои́х детёнышей.
Some animals eat their young.
Панды прово́дят по ме́ньшей ме́ре 12 часо́в в день, поедая бамбу́к.
Pandas spend at least 12 hours each day eating bamboo.
Она ви́дела, как он поеда́л сэ́ндвич.
She saw him eating a sandwich.
Они тут все людое́ды, кроме меня, меня они сейчас поеда́ют.
They are all cannibals here, except me, I'm just being eaten.
Нас живьём поеда́ли комары́.
We were being eaten alive by mosquitoes.
Ягуа́ры поеда́ют вашего бра́та.
Jaguars are eating your brother.

Imperative
ты	поеда́й
вы	поеда́йте

Active present	поеда́ющий	eating, consuming, devouring
Active past	поеда́вший	eating, devouring, having eaten
Passive present	поеда́емый	being eaten, being consumed, being devoured
Passive past	-
Gerund present	поеда́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	поедав поедавши	while doing (past)

еда́тьto eat (habitually)
verbimperfective
выеда́тьto corrode
verbimperfective
доеда́тьto eat
verbimperfective
заеда́тьto chase (with food); to jam; to torment; to bite to death
verbimperfective
наеда́тьto eat so much
verbimperfective