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CLOY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

Example:

Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite

Synonyms:

cloy; pall

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "cloy" is one way to...):

fill; replete; sate; satiate (fill to satisfaction)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Supply or feed to surfeit

Synonyms:

cloy; surfeit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "cloy" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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