gaver

ɡave

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of gaver - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

excès alimentairenourrir avec excès, faire manger trop

Il gave son chien avec des friandises toute la journée.

bourrer

goinfrer

volaillesforcer des volailles à manger beaucoup pour les engraisser

Les fermiers gavent les oies pour produire du foie gras.

engraisser

énervementagacer, excéder quelqu'un

Tu me gaves avec tes histoires !

agacer

exaspérer

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se gaver

manger de façon excessive et gloutonne

Il s'est gavé de chocolat pendant les fêtes.

se gaver de

manger beaucoup et avec excès jusqu'à être rassasié

Il s'est gavé de chocolat pendant les fêtes.

gaver comme une oie

nourrir quelqu'un de façon excessive en lui donnant beaucoup de nourriture

Sa grand-mère le gave comme une oie à chaque visite.

gaver de

donner trop de quelque chose jusqu'à créer une saturation

Les médias nous gavent de publicités toute la journée.

gaver quelqu'un de

faire absorber à une personne une quantité excessive de quelque chose

Ils gavent les enfants de bonbons pendant les fêtes.

Origin of gaver

français, gaver (nourrir en forçant)

Examples of gaver in a sentence

Les oies sont souvent gavées pour produire du foie gras.
On doit gaver les canards deux fois par jour.
Ils ont appris à gaver les volailles à la ferme.
Ça me gave d’attendre aussi longtemps.
Ils me gavent avec leurs plaintes incessantes.

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English:overfeed, fatten up by force-feeding, ...
German:überfüttern, mästen, ...
Italian:ingozzare, forzare a mangiare, ...
Spanish:atiborrar, engordar a la fuerza, ...
Portuguese:empanturrar, alimentar à força, ...
Chinese:喂得太多, 填喂, ...
Japanese:食べさせすぎる, 強制的に餌を与える, ...
Arabic:أشبع, غصَب, ...
Hebrew:לְהַאֲכִיל יוֹתֵר מִדַּי, לְהַשְׁמִין, ...
Russian:перекармливать, кормить насильно, ...
Ukrainian:перегодовувати, годувати насильно, ...
Catalan:sobrealimentar, gavar, ...
Danish:overfodre, tvangsfodre, ...
Dutch:volstoppen, vetmesten, ...
Greek:παραταΐζω, ταΐζω με το ζόρι, ...
Khmer:ឱ្យញ៉ាំហួសប្រមាណ, បង្ខំឲ្យស៊ីច្រើន, ...
Korean:과하게 먹이다, 강제로 먹이다, ...
Polish:przekarmiać, karmić, ...
Portuguese (BR):empanturrar, engordar aves, ...
Romanian:a îndopa, a îngrășa păsările, ...
Swedish:övermata, tvångsmata, ...
Thai:ให้อาหารมากเกินไป, ขุน, ...
Turkish:aşırı beslemek, zorla yedirmek, ...
Vietnamese:nhồi nhét, nhồi ăn, ...

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