fill+to+excess

  • 31crowd — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gathering, concourse, horde, press, mass, gang, mob, multitude; host, herd, swarm, rout, crush, throng; informal, set, coterie, clique; populace, rabble, hoi polloi. See assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n …

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  • 32mob — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rabble, riffraff; hoi polloi; common herd, canaille; crowd, populace.See assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A disorderly crowd of people] Syn. swarm, rabble, throng, press, multitude, horde, rout,… …

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  • 33jam-pack — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly: cram, crowd, jam, load, mob, pack, stuff. See FULL, TIGHTEN …

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  • 34glut — noun an excessively abundant supply. verb (gluts, glutting, glutted) supply or fill to excess. ↘archaic satisfy fully. Origin ME: prob. via OFr. from L. gluttire to swallow ; related to glutton …

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  • 35overfill — verb fill to excess …

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  • 36engorge — I. v. a. 1. Gorge, devour, swallow up, swallow eagerly, gulp down. 2. (Med.) Fill to excess, stuff, glut, obstruct. II. v. n. Devour food, feed greedily, be gluttonous …

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  • 37congest — con•gest [[t]kənˈdʒɛst[/t]] v. t. 1) to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog 2) pat to cause an unnatural accumulation of blood or other fluid in (a body part or blood vessel): The cold congested her sinuses[/ex] 3) to become congested • …

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  • 38sate — [[t]seɪt[/t]] v. t. sat•ed, sat•ing 1) to satisfy (an appetite or desire) fully 2) cvb to fill to excess; surfeit; glut • Etymology: 1595–1605; var. of obs. sade to satiate, OE sadian (akin to sad), perh. influenced by satiate …

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  • 39glut — ► NOUN ▪ an excessively abundant supply. ► VERB (glutted, glutting) ▪ supply or fill to excess. ORIGIN probably from Latin gluttire to swallow ; related to GLUTTON(Cf. ↑gluttonous) …

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  • 40overfill — ► VERB ▪ fill to excess …

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