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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat voraciously |
| Synonyms: | blimp out, bolt*, cloy, congest, cram, devour, eat like a horse, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, hoover, jade, jam, make a pig of, overeat, overindulge, pack, sate, satiate, stuff*, surfeit, swallow, wolf* |
| Notes: | a canyon is a narrow chasm with steep cliff walls formed by running water; a gorge is a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides formed by running water; a ravine is a deep narrow steep-sided valley formed by running water |
| Antonyms: | abstain, diet, fast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat too much |
| Synonyms: | binge*, eat like a horse, feast, gluttonize, gorge, gourmandize, overindulge, pack it away, pig out, pig*, put it away, scarf, stuff one's face, stuff oneself, surfeit |
| Antonyms: | diet, fast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pig out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat a lot |
| Synonyms: | binge, blimp out, devour, dive in, eat like a horse, eat to excess, feed, gluttonize, gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, hoover, overeat, overindulge, pork out, pork out, scarf, scarf out, shovel it in, stuff oneself, wolf down, wolf* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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