Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žerti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʐrɛt͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt͡ɕ
• Syllabification: żreć

żreć impf

1. (transitive, colloquial, of animals) to consume, to eat, to ingest

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jeść

2. (transitive, colloquial, derogatory, of people) to devour, to gobble, to gorge, to stuff oneself (to eat greedily)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jeść

3. (transitive, colloquial, of devices) to eat up (to consume excessively some resources of energy or money)

   Synonym: zżerać

   żreć prąd ― to eat up electricity

4. (transitive, colloquial, of rust and chemical substances) to gnaw (to corrode; to fret away; to waste)

   Synonyms: przeżerać, zżerać

5. (transitive, colloquial, of feelings and sensations) to eat away at (to take over and torment someone)

   Synonyms: zjadać, zżerać

6. (transitive, colloquial) to sting (to puncture with the stinger)

   Synonyms: kąsać, zżerać

7. (transitive, colloquial) to cause a burning sensation
8. (intransitive, colloquial) to proceed in a successful and prosperous manner
9. (reflexive with się, colloquial) to bite one another

   Synonym: gryźć się

10. (reflexive with się, colloquial) to not match, to not fit together

    Synonym: gryźć się

11. (reflexive with się, colloquial, derogatory) to quarrel, to wrangle

    Synonyms: czubić się, gryźć się, kłócić się, sprzeczać się, ujadać się, użerać się, zżerać się

• żreć in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• żreć in Polish dictionaries at PWN