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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down*, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | fast, starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | gormandize |
| 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: | 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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