Eat and Maintain

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Eat

Eat verb - To take in as food.
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Maintain is an antonym for eat in topics: erode, consume food.
Nearby Words: eating, eatable, eaten, eater

Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
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Eat is an antonym for maintain.
Nearby Words: maintained, maintaining, maintainable, maintainability
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Common collocations

kind eat kind maintain kind
body eat body maintain body
bodies eat bodies maintain bodies

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Troop Hyperactive Metabolism: Deconstructed, the infected can't eat enough to maintain themselves-no matter how much they eat.
    Source: Literature / The Troop
  • Presumably some "vegetarians" maintain the distinction, insisting what they eat is not actually "meat".
    Source: Insistent Terminology / Real Life
  • Or they might eat because they are among Muggles and need to maintain the Masquerade.
    Source: Eating Optional
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