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SATIATE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction

Synonyms:

satiate; satiated

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

jaded (dulled by surfeit)

satiable; satisfiable (capable of being sated)

Antonym:

insatiate (impossible to satisfy)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Example:

The kids binged on ice cream

Synonyms:

binge; englut; engorge; glut; gorge; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "satiate" is one way to...):

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fill to satisfaction

Example:

I am sated

Synonyms:

fill; replete; sate; satiate

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "satiate" is one way to...):

consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "satiate"):

cloy; pall (cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

satiation (the act of achieving full gratification)

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