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deu: verschlingen
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Meaning
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(verb) eat a large amount of food quickly; "The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake"
gobble up, garbage down, bolt down, shovel in
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(verb) eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
devour, pig, guttle, raven
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(verb) eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"
gobble, bolt
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(verb) take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
eat
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(verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
overindulge, binge, ingurgitate, scarf out, stuff, englut, glut, gorge, overgorge, engorge, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, satiate, pig out, overeat
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(verb) eat hastily; "The teenager wolfed down the pizza"
wolf, wolf down
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(verb) eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
eat
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(verb) eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
down, devour, consume, go through
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(verb) pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
get down, swallow
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(verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
ingest, have, take in, take, consume
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(verb) take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
eat, feed
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(verb) drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
toss off, drink down, kill, pour down, pop, down, belt down, bolt down
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(verb) to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men gulped down their beers"
swig, quaff, gulp
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(verb) swallow hastily
bolt
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