to pick at, peck at

have a meal, eat

meal / diet

(literary) they (about women or girls)

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

to eat / (archaic, humble) to eat or drink

in the middle of a meal (e.g. having dinner)

(literary) they (about women or girls)

food scraps, leftovers, leftover food