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SATIATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
Synonyms:
satiate; satiated
Classified under:
Similar:
jaded (dulled by surfeit)
satiable; satisfiable (capable of being sated)
Antonym:
insatiate (impossible to satisfy)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they satiate ... he / she / it satiates
Past simple: satiated
Past participle: satiated
-ing form: satiating
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:
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:
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)
