Eat and Goad

Eat

Eat verb - To take in as food.

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Goad and eat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Goad" instead a verb "Eat".

Nearby Words: eating, eatable, eaten, eater

Goad verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

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Eat and goad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Eat" instead a verb "Goad".

Nearby Words: goaded, goading

He also keeps them on-hand at all times, to eat one as soon as he's free of the curse again, which allows Jack to mockingly eat one in front of him in order to goad him into making a deal.

Source: Tempting Apple
Without Archie to goad him into taking cases, Wolfe would otherwise just eat and tend his orchids.

Source: Literature / Nero Wolfe
His teacher tests his personality in several ways, including not letting him eat or sleep, inflicting intense pain and subtly trying to goad him into irrational actions.

Source: Secret Test

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