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sate

sate

 
 
pronunciation:
seIt
features:
Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: sates, sating, sated
definition 1: to fill or satisfy (a hunger, or a person who has an appetite); satiate.
It takes a large amount of food to sate him.
synonyms:
fill, satiate, satisfy
similar words:
appease, assuage, content, fulfill, gratify, quench, suffice
definition 2: to fill to excess, esp. with food; glut.
I was sated after the huge meal and lay down to take a nap.
synonyms:
glut, gorge, satiate, surfeit
similar words:
cloy, cram, fill, oversupply, saturate, stuff
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derivation: sated (adj.)
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