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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gorge |
| Synonyms: | binge, devour, eat like a horse, eat to excess, glut, gluttonize, gobble, gulp, guzzle, hoover, overeat, overindulge, pig out, stuff, wolf* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat a great amount or very well |
| Synonyms: | banquet, dine, eat sumptuously, entertain, gorge, gormandize, indulge, overindulge, regale, stuff, stuff one's face, treat, wine and dine |
| Antonyms: | abstain, fast |
| Main Entry: | gorge |
| 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: | guzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drink down fast |
| Synonyms: | bolt*, booze, carouse, cram, devour, englut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, imbibe, ingurgitate, knock back, quaff, slop, slosh, soak, swig, swill, tipple |
| Antonyms: | sip |
* = 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
| Main Entry: | stuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load with |
| Synonyms: | choke up, clog up, compress, congest, cram, crowd, fill, fill to overflowing, fill to the brim, force, glut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, jam, jam-pack, overfill, overindulge, overstuff, pack, pad, push, ram, sate, satiate, shove, squeeze, stow, wad, wedge |
| Antonyms: | unload, unstuff |
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