gavage

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/ɡəˈvɑːʒ//ɡæˈvɑːʒ/

noun

A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras

Similar
forced feeding
OriginFrench gavage →
UncommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

noungavage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
  2. uncountableA process of force-feeding cattle for veal
  3. uncountablemedicineFeeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
verbgavage (third-person singular simple present gavages, present participle gavaging, simple past and past participle gavaged)

present singular third person gavages · participle present gavaging · participle past gavaged · past gavaged

  1. To stuff or glut with something

    If the Panic of '08 had never happened, and the city kept gavaging itself on luxury, there would be plenty of other delis transformed into purple-colored dandy stores like this one.

    2009 January 8, Mike Albo, “Of-the-Moment, Yet So Five Months Ago”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfeeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat

Similar
forced feeding
Broader
feedingalimentation
Also see
gastrogavage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchgavage
  2. Englishgavage

Borrowed from French gavage, from gaver (“to stuff or cram”).

More words from French

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Translations

French gavage, gavage
  • gavageprocess of force-feeding a goose
  • gavagefeeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
Portuguese gavagem
  • gavagemfeeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gavage

stagegaragemiragehomagemontagedressagearbitragetriageassuagepaysagebadinagebalayagechantagecoupageménageparfilagerite de passagesabrage
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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