CLOY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cloy mean? 

• CLOY (verb)
  The verb CLOY has 2 senses:

1. supply or feed to surfeit

2. cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

  Familiarity information: CLOY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they cloy    ... he / she / it cloys   
Past simple: cloyed   
Past participle: cloyed   
-ing form: cloying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supply or feed to surfeit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cloy; surfeit

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

cloy; pall

Context example:

Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite

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

fill; replete; sate; satiate (fill to satisfaction)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something