| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
Synonyms: |
absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down*, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
fast, starve |
| Main Entry: | devour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swallow, consume |
Synonyms: |
absorb, annihilate, appreciate, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt, bolt down, chow down, cram, delight in, destroy, dispatch, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feast on, feed on, gloat over, go through, gobble, gorge*, gulp, guzzle, hoover, imbibe, ingest, inhale, partake of, pig out, polish off, ravage, rejoice in, relish, revel in, scarf down, spend, stuff, take, take in, use up, waste, wipe out, wolf down, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
abstain, pick |
| 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: | pig out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat a lot |
Synonyms: |
binge, blimp out, devour, dive in, eat like a horse, eat to excess, feed, gluttonize, gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, hoover, overeat, overindulge, pork out, pork out, scarf, scarf out, shovel it in, stuff oneself, wolf down, wolf* |
| Main Entry: | vacuum cleaner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carpet sweeper |
Synonyms: |
Hoover, vacuum sweeper |
