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SURFEIT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eating until excessively full

Synonyms:

repletion; surfeit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("surfeit" is a kind of...):

eating; feeding (the act of consuming food)

Derivation:

surfeit (indulge (one's appetite) to satiety)

surfeit (supply or feed to surfeit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

Synonyms:

glut; oversupply; surfeit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("surfeit" is a kind of...):

overabundance; overmuch; overmuchness; superabundance (a quantity that is more than what is appropriate)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The state of being more than full

Synonyms:

excess; overabundance; surfeit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("surfeit" is a kind of...):

fullness (the condition of being filled to capacity)

Derivation:

surfeit (indulge (one's appetite) to satiety)

surfeit (supply or feed to surfeit)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indulge (one's appetite) to satiety

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

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

indulge; luxuriate (enjoy to excess)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

surfeit (eating until excessively full)

surfeit (the state of being more than full)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Supply or feed to surfeit

Synonyms:

cloy; surfeit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

surfeit (eating until excessively full)

surfeit (the state of being more than full)

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