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gavage

/ɡəˈvɑːʒ/

gavage noun: a process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras.

Noun

gavage (uncountable)

  1. A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
  2. A process of force-feeding cattle for veal
  3. Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach

Verb

gavage (third-person singular simple present gavages, present participle gavaging, simple past and past participle 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

gavage meaning in Tamil

gavage in Tamil

குழலூட்டு, குழாய் வழி ஊட்டம், குழாய் வழிஉணவூட்டல்

Forms of gavage

third-person singular presentgavages
present participlegavaging
past participlegavaged
pastgavaged

Origin of gavage

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

Words formed from gavage

Words that rhyme with gavage

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about gavage

What does gavage mean?
Gavage means a process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras.
What is gavage in Tamil?
Gavage in Tamil is குழலூட்டு, குழாய் வழி ஊட்டம், குழாய் வழிஉணவூட்டல். See Gavage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gavage?
Gavage can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce gavage?
Gavage is pronounced /ɡəˈvɑːʒ/.

Words near gavage in the dictionary

  1. gauzoma
  2. gauzomas
  3. gauzy
  4. Gaußian
  5. Gav
  6. gavage
  7. gavaged
  8. gavages
  9. gavaging
  10. Gavak
  11. Gavaldon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gavage (page history and authors); gavage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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