fill+to+excess

  • 11cram — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. crowd, stuff, press, force, jam, pack, choke; satiate, surfeit, gormandize, gorge, guzzle; study, burn the midnight oil. See closure, gluttony, learning. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stuff] Syn. pack,… …

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  • 12Flood — Flood, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flooded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flooding}.] 1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; …

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  • 13Flooded — Flood Flood, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flooded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flooding}.] 1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other… …

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  • 14Flooding — Flood Flood, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flooded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flooding}.] 1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other… …

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  • 15overfill — o ver*fill , v. t. To fill to excess; to surcharge. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 16Spells in Harry Potter — occur in the wizarding world of the series of books by author J. K. Rowling. Magic spells are used by many of the characters to achieve useful effects without the benefit of modern technology. The main depiction of a spell in the Harry Potter… …

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  • 17crowd — crowd1 crowder, n. /krowd/, n. 1. a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people. 2. any large number of persons. 3. any group or set of persons with something in common: The restaurant attracts a theater… …

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  • 18sate — sate1 /sayt/, v.t., sated, sating. 1. to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully. 2. to fill to excess; surfeit; glut. [1595 1605; var. of obs. sade to satiate, OE sadian (akin to SAD), perh. influenced by SATIATE] Syn. 1. satiate, fill. 2. gorge …

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  • 19jam — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crowd, press, crush; blockage, impasse; jelly, preserve; slang, predicament. See food, difficulty. v. crowd, press, crush; wedge, shove, push, cram; block. See hindrance, impulse. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …

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  • 20crowd — I. n. 1. Throng, multitude, concourse, host, herd, horde. 2. Rabble, mob, populace, vulgar herd, lower classes, lower orders, common people, ignobile vulgus, profanum vulgus. II. v. a. 1. Fill by compression, fill to excess. 2. Compress, cram,… …

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