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GORMANDISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gormandise mean?
• GORMANDISE (verb)
The verb GORMANDISE has 1 sense:
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Familiarity information: GORMANDISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they gormandise ... he / she / it gormandises
Past simple: gormandised
Past participle: gormandised
-ing form: gormandising
... he / she / it gormandises Past simple: gormandised
Past participle: gormandised
-ing form: gormandising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
binge; englut; engorge; glut; gorge; gormandise; gormandize; gourmandize; ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; satiate; scarf out; stuff
Context example:
The kids binged on ice cream
Hypernyms (to "gormandise" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
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