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LUXURIATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they luxuriate ... he / she / it luxuriates
Past simple: luxuriated
Past participle: luxuriated
-ing form: luxuriating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrive profusely or flourish extensively
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "luxuriate" is one way to...):
boom; expand; flourish; thrive (grow vigorously)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
luxuriant (produced or growing in extreme abundance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Enjoy to excess
Example:
She indulges in ice cream
Synonyms:
indulge; luxuriate
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "luxuriate" is one way to...):
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "luxuriate"):
surfeit (indulge (one's appetite) to satiety)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
luxuriation (an activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment)
luxury (wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
Synonyms:
luxuriate; wanton
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Hypernyms (to "luxuriate" is one way to...):
consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
luxuriation (an activity that affords excessive pleasure and enjoyment)
luxury (something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity)
luxury (the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive)
luxury (wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living)
