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What is the verb for edible?

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eat
  1. To ingest; to be ingested.
    1. (transitive) To consume (something solid or semi-solid, usually food) by putting it into the mouth and swallowing it.
    2. (intransitive) To consume a meal.
    3. (intransitive, ergative) To be eaten.
  2. To use up.
    1. (transitive) To destroy, consume, or use up.
    2. (transitive, informal, of a device) To damage, destroy, or fail to eject a removable part or an inserted object.
    3. (transitive, informal, of a vending machine or similar device) To consume money or (other instruents of value, such as a token) deposited or inserted by a user, while failing to either provide the intended product or service, or return the payment.
  3. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
  4. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
  5. (transitive) To corrode or erode.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. consume, devour, ingest, swallow, chew, gobble, munch, partake of, scoff, bolt, gulp, wolf, chomp, finish, gobble up, nosh, champ, gobble down, guzzle, put away, bolt down, cram down, demolish, finish off, gulp down, scarf, gollop, gormandise, gormandize, tuck away, tuck into, wolf down, hoover, ingurgitate, polish off, scoff down, shovel down, snarf, stuff down, bite, digest, dispatch, dispose of, engorge, have, inhale, masticate, ruminate, shift, sink … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Pip quickly ran home to get a pork pie for the hungry escaped convict to eat.”
      “We decided to eat at a fancy restaurant for our twentieth anniversary.”
      “The acid was seen to eat away at exposed parts of the metal.”
eats
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. consumes, devours, ingests, swallows, chews, gobbles, munches, partake of, scoffs, bolts, gulps, wolfs, chomps, finishes, gobbles up, noshes, champs, gobbles down, guzzles, puts away, bolts down, crams down, demolishes, finishes off, gulps down, scarfs, gormandizes, tucks away, tucks into, wolfs down, hoovers, ingurgitates, polishes off, scoffs down, shovels down, snarfs, bites, digests, dispatches, disposes of, engorges, has, inhales, masticates, ruminates, shifts, sinks, absorbs, attacks, crams … more
eating
  1. present participle of eat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. getting, annoying, irritating, exasperating, angering, irking, vexing, inflaming, putting out, nettling, needling, provoking, incensing, infuriating, maddening, rubbing up the wrong way, aggravating, peeving, miffing, riling, getting to, hacking off, giving someone the hump, driving mad, driving crazy, driving nuts, making someone see red, winding up, agitating, bothering, bugging, narking, getting across, teeing off, perturbing, ticking off, displeasing, grating, ruffling, burning up, chafing, disturbing, frustrating, enraging, galling, firing up, upsetting, getting in someone's hair, getting on someone's nerves, getting on someone's tits … more
eate
  1. Obsolete spelling of eat
eaten
  1. past participle of eat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. consumed, devoured, ingested, swallowed, chewed, chewn, gobbled, munched, partaken of, scoffed, bolted, gulped, wolfed, chomped, finished, gobbled up, noshed, champed, gobbled down, guzzled, put away, bolted down, crammed down, demolished, finished off, gulped down, scarfed, gormandized, tucked away, tucked into, wolfed down, hoovered, ingurgitated, polished off, scoffed down, shoveled down, snarfed, bitten, bit, digested, dispatched, disposed of, engorged, had, inhaled, masticated, ruminated, shifted, sunk, sunken … more
eateth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat
eatest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of eat
atest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of eat
eated
  1. (nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of eat
ate
  1. simple past tense of eat
  2. Synonyms:
      3. took, drank, drunk, consumed, imbibed, ingested, swallowed, took in, devoured, downed, chomped on, fed on, gobbled up, gorged on, gulped, guzzled, ingurgitated, munched on, partook of, put down, scarfed, tossed down, inhaled, put away, chewed, gobbled, scoffed, munched, wolfed, bolted, finished, noshed, chomped, champed, gobbled down, finished off, crammed down, gulped down, demolished, bolted down, tucked away, gormandized, tucked into, wolfed down, snarfed, polished off, hoovered, shoveled down, scoffed down, had … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They ate their lunch, which consisted of roast beef sandwiches, salad, a fruit plate, and breadsticks.”
      “Running quietly down the steps, she fixed herself a big breakfast and ate all of it in 5 minutes flat.”
      “In the old days when I ate out on a fairly regular basis, Paul Stiffler was the only chef who knew just how rare I took my fillet steak.”
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