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MOTH-EAT

Definition: MOTH-EAT

MOTH-EAT

Transitive verb

1. To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Moth-eat \Moth"-eat`\, transitive verb. To eat or prey upon, as moth eats garment. [Rarely used except in the form moth-eaten, past participle or adjective.]. (Websters 1913)


Modern Translation: MOTH-EAT

Language Translations for "MOTH-EAT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

飞蛾吃. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

나방 먹으십시". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oth-eatmay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MOTH-EAT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-m-o-t-t"

-2 letters: mahoe, matte, motet, motte, theta, totem.

-3 letters: ahem, atom, eath, haem, haet, hame, hate, heat, home, mate, math, matt, meat, meta, meth, moat, mote, moth, mott, oath, tame, tate, team, teat, teth, thae, that, them, toea, tome, tote.

-4 letters: ate, att, eat, eta, eth, hae, ham, hao, hat, hem, het, hoe, hot, mae.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-m-o-t-t"
 

+1 letter: hemostat.

 

+2 letters: hemostats.

 

+3 letters: atheromata, dimethoate, ethambutol, hematocrit, hematomata, hemostatic, hepatomata, heteroatom, metathorax, methylator, outmatched, outmatches, tachometer, thermostat.

 

+4 letters: chemotactic, dimethoates, ethambutols, farthermost, gametophyte, hematocrits, hemostatics, hepatectomy, heteroatoms, homeostatic, mentholated, methanation, methylation, methylators, tachometers, theorematic, thermostats, thermotaxes, thermotaxis, thigmotaxes, tracheotomy.

 

+5 letters: apothegmatic, astonishment, atheromatous, chrestomathy, dermatophyte, erythematous, gametophytes, gametophytic, hematologist, heterogamete, heterogamety, metathoraces, metathoracic, metathoraxes, methanations, methotrexate, methylations, nitromethane, photomontage, stenothermal, thermostable, thermostated, thermostatic, thermotactic, tracheostomy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MOTH-EAT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 4F 54 48 2D 45 41 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001111 01010100 01001000 00101101 01000101 01000001 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#79 &#84 &#72 &#45 &#69 &#65 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 004F 0054 0048 002D 0045 0041 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4749544215393554

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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