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The [[action|act]] of [[chewing]] [[food]] which involves [[ingestion]] and [[digestion]], which brings [[nourishment]] to the [[human]] body giving it [[sustenance]] and enabling it to stay [[life|alive]]. It is a vital [[biology|biological]] need; a person who doesn't or can't eat will lack sufficient [[energy]] to enable [[metabolism]] at the [[cellular level]]. Eating is done [[daily|every day]] unless a person is [[fasting]]. Before eating, a person usually feels [[hungry]].
The [[action|act]] of [[chewing]] [[food]] which involves [[ingestion]] and [[digestion]], which brings [[nourishment]] to the [[human]] body giving it [[sustenance]] and enabling it to stay [[life|alive]]. It is a vital [[biology|biological]] need; a person who doesn't or can't eat will lack sufficient [[energy]] to enable [[metabolism]] at the [[cellular level]]. Eating is done [[daily|every day]] unless a person is [[fasting]]. Before eating, a person usually feels [[hunger|hungry]].

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Eat [r]: The act of chewing food which involves ingestion and digestion, which brings nourishment to the human body giving it sustenance and enabling it to stay alive. It is a vital biological need; a person who doesn't or can't eat will lack sufficient energy to enable metabolism at the cellular level. Eating is done every day unless a person is fasting. Before eating, a person usually feels hungry.