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먹다

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동사 · verb고유어 · native Korean word

Meaning

  1. 1.

    eat; have; consume; take — To put food into one's mouth and take it in one's stomach.

  2. 2.

    drink; have — To drink liquid.

  3. 3.

    take; dose up with — To put medicine into one's mouth and swallow it.

  4. 4.

    smoke; take; inhale; breathe in; sniff — To smoke a cigarette or take drugs.

  5. 5.

    inhale; breathe in — To inhale gas.

  6. 6.

    bear; have; make up one's mind; decide — To bear a certain emotion or feeling.

  7. 7.

    grow; become; turn — To become a certain age or increase in age.

  8. 8.

    get; feel — To feel fear or shock.

  9. 9.

    be scolded; be criticized; be bashed — To be criticized, scolded or rebuked by others.

  10. 10.

    take; accept; get — (slang) To take a bribe.

  11. 11.

    take; get — To take and own profit or gain.

  12. 12.

    suck in; take in; absorb — To absorb water or moisture.

  13. 13.

    win; rank; get; score; achieve; take — To take a certain position or grade, or gain a certain score.

  14. 14.

    lose — To lose points in a sports game.

  15. 15.

    score; get laid; fuck — (slang) Have sexual intercourse with a woman.

  16. 16.

    get beaten; get hit; get kicked — To be beaten by others.

  17. 17.

    pocket; siphon off — To take the possessions or money of others in a wrongful way.

  18. 18.

    be imposed with; receive; be sentenced to — To be subject to a restriction or measure.

  19. 19.

    taste; have a taste of; take a taste of; experience — To experience a certain life or culture.

    주로 '~ 물을 먹다'로 쓴다.

  20. 20.

    work; stay; be under; be in — To stay or work in a certain place.

    주로 '~ 밥을 먹다'로 쓴다.

  21. 21.

    work well; be cut well; be sharp — For a tool with a blade to work well.

  22. 22.

    be applied well; be starched well; be soaked well — To permeate well or spread out evenly.

  23. 23.

    be eaten — For an insect or germs to spread.

  24. 24.

    be spent; be used; be poured; be invested — For money or an object to be spent or used.

  25. 25.

    grow; become; turn — To grow older.

    주로 '나이(가) 먹다'로 쓴다.

Conjugations

먹는먹어먹으니먹습니다먹어요먹었어먹었어요먹었습니다