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indulge definition
indulge |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb indulge 3 of 4 senses of indulge Sense 1 indulge => wallow Sense 2 gratify, pander, indulge => humor, humour => spree => sow one's oats, sow one's wild oats Sense 3 indulge, luxuriate => surfeit Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb indulge 3 of 4 senses of indulge Sense 1 indulge => wallow Sense 2 gratify, pander, indulge => humor, humour => spree => sow one's oats, sow one's wild oats Sense 3 indulge, luxuriate => surfeit Entailment of verb indulge Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb indulge 4 senses of indulge Sense 1 indulge Sense 2 gratify, pander, indulge => provide, supply, ply, cater Sense 3 indulge, luxuriate => consume, eat up use up eat, deplete, exhaust, run through wipe out Sense 4 pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge => treat, handle, do by Familiarity of verb indulge indulge used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb indulge Sense 1 indulge -------------- Sense 2 gratify, pander, indulge => provide, supply, ply, cater -------------- Sense 3 indulge, luxuriate => consume, eat up use up eat, deplete, exhaust, run through wipe out -------------- Sense 4 pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge => treat, handle, do by -------------- Grep of noun indulge indulgence Overview of verb indulge The verb indulge has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) indulge -- (give free rein to "The writer indulged in metaphorical language") 2. (2) gratify, pander, indulge -- (yield (to); give satisfaction to) 3. (1) indulge, luxuriate -- (enjoy to excess) 4. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge -- (treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!") Grep of adj indulge indulgent Overview of verb indulge The verb indulge has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) indulge -- (give free rein to "The writer indulged in metaphorical language") 2. (2) gratify, pander, indulge -- (yield (to); give satisfaction to) 3. (1) indulge, luxuriate -- (enjoy to excess) 4. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge -- (treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!")
indulge definition
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