Gorging - English meaning

noun

A bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window.

Usage examples:

He reached through the hole in the door and slid the bolt on the inside.

verb

Fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket.

Usage examples:

All the doors were locked and bolted

verb

(of a horse or other animal) run away suddenly, typically from fear.

Usage examples:

The horses shied and bolted

verb

Completely fill (a place or container) to the point of overflowing.

Usage examples:

The ashtray by the bed was crammed with cigarette butts

verb

Crowd or pack to capacity

verb

Eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.

Usage examples:

He devoured half of his burger in one bite

verb

To eat eagerly and in large amounts, so that nothing is left

Usage examples:

He devoured the entire plate of spaghetti., fig. she devoured (= read eagerly and quickly) the nove…

verb

Cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.

Usage examples:

I filled the bottle with water

noun

An amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear.

Usage examples:

We have eaten our fill

verb

Make full, also in a metaphorical sense

noun

An excessively abundant supply of something.

Usage examples:

There is a glut of cars on the market

verb

Supply or fill to excess.

Usage examples:

The roads are glutted with cars

noun

A supply or amount that is much greater than necessary

Usage examples:

A glut of new housing, a glut of information

verb

Eat (something) hurriedly and noisily.

Usage examples:

He gobbled up the rest of his sandwich

verb

(of a turkeycock) make a characteristic swallowing sound in the throat.

Usage examples:

Back in 1505, turkeys were still gobbling innocently around america.

verb

To eat quickly and sometimes with a lot of noise

Usage examples:

[ m ] she gobbled up/down her lunch and hurried back.

verb

Eat or drink (something) greedily.

Usage examples:

He would guzzle his ale

verb

To drink or eat something eagerly or in large amounts

Usage examples:

He sat in the shade, guzzling cold soda.

verb

Eat too much.

Usage examples:

If your friends overeat, you're more likely to overeat too

verb

To eat more food than your body needs, esp. so that you feel uncomfortable

Usage examples:

You’re supposed to overeat on thanksgiving.

verb

Put more into (a container) than it either should or can contain.

Usage examples:

Jean led the way slowly, balancing her teacup, which she had overfilled

verb

Have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink.

Usage examples:

It is easy to overindulge in these kinds of food

noun

An omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.

Usage examples:

With the advent of farming in the neolithic, a number of animal species were domesticated, starting…

verb

Gorge oneself with food.

Usage examples:

He'd pigged himself on the last of the food

noun

Domestic swine

verb

Satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full.

Usage examples:

Sate your appetite at the resort's restaurant

noun

An indonesian and malaysian dish consisting of small pieces of meat grilled on a skewer and served with a spiced sauce that typically contains peanuts.

verb

To satisfy someone by giving them something that is wanted or needed

Usage examples:

He searched for a book that would sate his desire for all the details of olympic history.

adjective

Another term for sate.

Usage examples:

He folded up his newspaper, his curiosity satiated

verb

To completely satisfy yourself or a need, especially with food or pleasure, so that you could not have any more

Usage examples:

He drank greedily until his thirst was satiated.

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

noun

An excessive amount of something.

Usage examples:

A surfeit of food and drink

verb

Cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.

Usage examples:

I am surfeited with shopping

noun

An amount that is too large, or is more than is needed

Usage examples:

The country has a surfeit of cheap labour.

noun

A wild carnivorous mammal which is the largest member of the dog family, living and hunting in packs. it is native to both eurasia and north america, but is much persecuted and has been widely exterminated.

Usage examples:

Among wild dogs and wolves, the cooperative hunting pack includes both males and females, and they …

verb

Devour (food) greedily.

Usage examples:

He wolfed down his breakfast

noun

Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of north america and eurasia that usually hunt in packs