| Main Entry: | glut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke; oversupply |
Synonyms: |
burden, clog, cloy, congest, cram, deluge, devour, feast, fill, flood, gorge, hog, inundate, jade, load, make a pig of, overfeed, overload, overstock, overwhelm, pack*, pall, raven, sate, satiate, saturate, stuff, surfeit, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
abstain, diet, fast, moderate, reduce, repress, suppress |
| Main Entry: | clog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, hinder |
Synonyms: |
burden, choke, close, congest, curb, dam up, encumber, entrammel, fetter, fill, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stop up, stopper, stuff, tie, trammel |
Antonyms: |
clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop |
| Main Entry: | cloy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overfill |
Synonyms: |
disgust, fill, glut, gorge, jade, nauseate, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, sicken, stall, stodge, suffice, surfeit, weary |
| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overwhelm |
Synonyms: |
abound, crowd, engulf, flood, glut, inundate, overcome, overcrowd, overload, overrun, oversupply, snow under, snow*, swamp, teem |
| Main Entry: | fill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to put in and occupy the whole of |
Synonyms: |
block, blow up, brim over, bulge out, charge, choke, clog, close, congest, cram, crowd, distend, fulfill, furnish, glut, gorge, heap, impregnate, inflate, jam-pack, lade, load, meet, overflow, overspread, pack, pack like sardines, permeate, pervade, plug, puff up, pump up, ram, ram in, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shoal, stock, stopper, store, stretch, stuff, supply, swell, take up, top, top off |
Antonyms: |
deplete, drain, empty, exhaust, spend, take, use, void |
| Main Entry: | flood |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inundate or submerge |
Synonyms: |
brim over, choke, deluge, drown, engulf, fill, flow, glut, gush, immerse, overflow, oversupply, overwhelm, pour over, rush, saturate, surge, swamp, swarm, sweep, whelm |
| Main Entry: | gorge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat voraciously |
Synonyms: |
blimp out, bolt*, cloy, congest, cram, devour, eat like a horse, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, hoover, jade, jam, make a pig of, overeat, overindulge, pack, sate, satiate, stuff*, surfeit, swallow, wolf* |
| Notes: | a canyon is a narrow chasm with steep cliff walls formed by running water; a gorge is a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides formed by running water; a ravine is a deep narrow steep-sided valley formed by running water |
Antonyms: |
abstain, diet, fast |
| Main Entry: | gormandize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gorge |
Synonyms: |
binge, devour, eat like a horse, eat to excess, glut, gluttonize, gobble, gulp, guzzle, hoover, overeat, overindulge, pig out, stuff, wolf* |
| Main Entry: | inundate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drown, overwhelm |
Synonyms: |
deluge, dunk, engulf, flood, glut, immerse, overflow, overrun, pour down on, snow*, submerge, swamp, whelm |
Antonyms: |
underwhelm |
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden, saddle |
Synonyms: |
arrange, ballast, bear, carry, charge, chock, choke, containerize, cram, fill, flood, freight, glut, gorge, heap, heap up, jam*, lade, lumber, mass, oversupply, pack, pile, pile it on, pile up, place, pour in, put aboard, ram in, stack, store, stow, stuff, surfeit, swamp, top, top off, weigh, weigh down, weight |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, benefit, bless, help |