pick atsomething
phrasal verbwithpickverbuk/pɪk/us/pɪk/
disapprovingtoeatonly asmallamountofyourfood,showingnointerestorenjoymentwhile youeatit:
Charlespickedat hisfoodin aboredfashion.
to eat food
- eatWhat do you want to eat for lunch?
- haveI'll just have one more piece of chocolate cake.
- consumeHe consumes vast quantities of bread with every meal.
- devourThe children devoured a whole packet of biscuits.
- bolt (down)Don't bolt down your food - you'll make yourself ill!
- gobble (up/down)The children gobbled their sweets.
Eating
- al desko
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- break breadidiom
- cram
- fall on/uponsomeone
- feast
- feast onsomething
- feeder
- feeding
- mainline
- partake
- pick
- picnic
- pig
- pig out
- shovel
- trough
- tuck