Don't gorge yourself on the snacks. Dinner is in ten minutes.
•You have gorged yourself with cheese! No wonder you're not hungry.
•Claire gorged herself on the doughnuts that Fred bought.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
gorge — [[t]gɔrdʒ[/t]] n. v. gorged, gorg•ing 1) geo a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, esp. one through which a stream runs 2) geo a small canyon 3) a gluttonous meal 4) something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach 5) an obstructing mass:… … From formal English to slang
satiate — satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge are comparable when they mean to fill or become filled to the point of repletion. Although both satiate and sate can imply no more than a complete satisfying, both terms more often imply an… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pig — noun 1》 an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout, kept for its meat. [Sus domesticus.] ↘a wild animal related to this; a hog. [Family Suidae.] ↘N. Amer. a young pig; a piglet. 2》 informal a greedy … English new terms dictionary
fast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. starve, diet, abstain. See asceticism. adj. swift, speedy, fleet, quick, rapid; secure, firm, permanent, steadfast, profound; wild, rakish, dissipated. See velocity, junction, impurity, tenacity,… … English dictionary for students
List of French words and phrases used by English speakers — Here are some examples of French words and phrases used by English speakers. English contains many words of French origin, such as art, collage, competition, force, machine, police, publicity, role, routine, table, and many other Anglicized… … Wikipedia
Faith — is a belief in the trustworthiness of an idea. Formal usage of the word faith is usually reserved for concepts of religion, as in theology, where it almost universally refers to a trusting belief in a transcendent reality, or else in a Supreme… … Wikipedia
Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) and Burke — Jean Jacques Rousseau and Burke Ian Harris Those who thought about the social and political order directed their attention to a new centre of interest towards the end of the seventeenth century. It was not that speculation about political… … History of philosophy
pass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gap, gorge; way, opening, notch, defile, passage; free ticket; crisis, predicament, condition,circumstance; leave [of absence]; slang, advance. See love. v. go through or by, bypass; get a passing… … English dictionary for students
abstain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. forbear, refrain. See avoidance, moderation, asceticism, disuse.Ant., indulge. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. refrain, forbear, renounce, desist, forgo, withhold, avoid, stop, deny oneself, hold aloof… … English dictionary for students
stuff — stuffless, adj. /stuf/, n. 1. the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff. 2. material to be worked upon or to be used in making something: wood, steel, and other stuff for building. 3. material of some unspecified kind: a… … Universalium
MAIMONIDES, MOSES — (Moses ben Maimon; known in rabbinical literature as Rambam ; from the acronym Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon; 1135–1204), rabbinic authority, codifier, philosopher, and royal physician. BIOGRAPHY The most illustrious figure in Judaism in the post… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
