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Cloy

Cloy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cloy? [v] cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" [v] supply or feed to surfeit Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cloy: pall \| surfeit Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cloy: allay \| cram \| engorge \| fill \| fill up \| glut \| gorge \| jade \| overdose \| overfeed \| overfill \| overgorge \| oversaturate \| overstuff \| pall \| sate \| satiate \| satisfy \| saturate \| slake \| stall \| stodge \| stuff \| supersaturate \| surfeit See Also \| fill \| furnish \| provide \| render \| replete \| sate \| satiate \| supply Cloy In Webster's Dictionary \Cloy\ (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloyed} (kloid); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloying}.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr. OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d {Clove}.] 1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.] The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. --Speed. 2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit. [Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? --Shak. He sometimes cloys his readers instead of satisfying. --Dryden. 3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound. Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed. --Spenser. He never shod horse but he cloyed him. --Bacon. 4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Johnson. 5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] --Shak.

Cloy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cloy?

[v] cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
[v] supply or feed to surfeit

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cloy: pall | surfeit

Cloy In Webster's Dictionary

\Cloy\ (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloyed} (kloid); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Cloying}.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr.
OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d {Clove}.]
1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.]

         The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by
         sinking ships, laden with stones.     --Speed.

2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill
   to loathing; to surfeit.

         [Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare
         imagination of a feast?               --Shak.

         He sometimes cloys his readers instead of
         satisfying.                           --Dryden.

3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound.

         Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed.
                                               --Spenser.

         He never shod horse but he cloyed him. --Bacon.

4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Johnson.

5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] --Shak.

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