Synonyms and antonyms of To eat - of animals in British Thesaurus

feed on ()

if an animal feeds on something, it eats it, especially as its usual food

feed (verb)

if an animal feeds, it looks for food and eats it

hunt (verb)

to catch and eat other animals. Animals that do this are predators and the animals they catch and eat are their prey

root (verb)

if an animal roots, it searches for food by pushing with its nose

feed off ()

if animals feed off something, they eat it

graze (verb)

to eat grass growing in a field

prey on ()

to hunt another creature in order to eat it

ruminate (verb)

biology if an animal ruminates, it brings food back from its stomach into its mouth and chews it (=breaks it into small pieces with its teeth) a second time

browse (verb)

if animals browse, they feed on plants, especially the leaves on trees