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sate
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- 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
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| 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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| related words: |
feed |
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| derivation: |
sated (adj.) |
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