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먹다

meokda[먹따]Beginner · TOPIK IEating & cooking

eat; have; consume; take

Verb

  1. 1

    eat; have; consume; take

    To put food into one's mouth and take it in one's stomach.

    Korean definition: 음식 등을 입을 통하여 배 속에 들여보내다.

    • We had doenjang stew for lunch.

    • I'm worried because the children don't eat all their side dishes evenly.

  2. 2

    drink; have

    To drink liquid.

    Korean definition: 액체로 된 것을 마시다.

    • Out of breath, Seunggyu drank a glass of water and then began to speak.

    • We went to a cafe and had cold fruit juice.

  3. 3

    take; dose up with

    To put medicine into one's mouth and swallow it.

    Korean definition: 약을 입에 넣어 삼키다.

    • After I took the medicine, the pain went away.

    • I had a stomachache, so I bought medicine at the pharmacy and took it.

  4. 4

    smoke; take; inhale; breathe in; sniff

    To smoke a cigarette or take drugs.

    Korean definition: 담배를 피우거나 마약을 하다.

    • Some rough-looking young men were smoking in the alley.

    • In the old days, when a patient's pain became severe, they would sometimes be given opium.