Grammatical class

Verb

gaver

(transitive) to force-feed

Details

Syllables

ga-ver

Phonetics

ga.ve

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

21110

Freq. (movies)

26245

Freq. (news)

42868

Sentences

Tu devrais éviter de te gaver.

You should avoid binge eating.

A1

Eliminer son prochain est la règle d’or de jeux dont on les a gavés au biberon. Comment leur demander, aujourd’hui, de trouver ça morbide ?

Eliminate thy neighbour is the golden rule of the games they have been spoonfed since childhood. How can one now expect them to find it morbid?

B2

Les élèves profitent des séances de levés de plan ou de tir au canon pour se gaver de patisseries ; il en résulte pour eux force indigestions ; le médecin trouve plaisamment « le canon de l’école aussi dangereux que celui de l’ennemi » …

The students took the opportunity of classes on shooting cannons to gorge themselves on pastries; this resulted in much indigestion, to the point a doctor jokingly opined that "the school's cannon is as dangerous as the enemy's" …

C2