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indulging
Overview of noun indulging
The noun indulging has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring -- (the act of indulging or gratifying a desire)
Overview of verb indulge
The verb indulge has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) indulge -- (give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical language")
2. (2) gratify, pander, indulge -- (yield (to); give satisfaction to)
3. (1) indulge, luxuriate -- (enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream")
4. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge -- (treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indulging
1 sense of indulging
Sense 1
indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
=> gratification
=> satisfaction
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun indulging
1 sense of indulging
Sense 1
indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
=> intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
=> overindulgence, excess
=> orgy, binge, splurge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indulging
1 sense of indulging
Sense 1
indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
=> gratification
Antonyms of noun indulging
Member Holonyms of noun indulging
Substance Holonyms of noun indulging
Part Holonyms of noun indulging
Member Meronyms of noun indulging
Substance Meronyms of noun indulging
Part Meronyms of noun indulging
Meronyms of noun indulging
Holonyms of noun indulging
Attributes of noun indulging
Derived Forms of noun indulging
1 sense of indulging
Sense 1
indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
RELATED TO>(verb) indulge#4
=> pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
RELATED TO>(verb) indulge#2
=> gratify, pander, indulge
Domain of noun indulging
Domain Terms of noun indulging
Familiarity of noun indulging
indulging used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun indulging
1 sense of indulging
Sense 1
indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
> gratification
=> satiation
=> self-gratification, head trip
=> indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
=> pleasing
Meronyms of noun indulging
1 sense of indulging
Holonyms of noun indulging
Grep of noun indulging
indulging
Antonyms of verb indulge
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb indulge
4 senses of indulge
Sense 1
indulge
Sense 2
gratify, pander, indulge
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
indulge, luxuriate
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 4
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb indulge
3 of 4 senses of indulge
Sense 1
indulge
=> wallow
Sense 2
gratify, pander, indulge
=> humor, humour
=> spree
=> sow one's oats, sow one's wild oats
Sense 3
indulge, luxuriate
=> surfeit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb indulge
4 senses of indulge
Sense 1
indulge
Sense 2
gratify, pander, indulge
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
Sense 3
indulge, luxuriate
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Sense 4
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
=> treat, handle, do by
'Cause To' of verb indulge
Derived Forms of verb indulge
4 senses of indulge
Sense 1
indulge
RELATED TO>(noun) indulgence#3
=> indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
Sense 2
gratify, pander, indulge
RELATED TO>(noun) indulgence#2
=> indulgence, lenience, leniency
RELATED TO>(noun) indulging#1
=> indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
Sense 3
indulge, luxuriate
RELATED TO>(noun) indulgence#1
=> indulgence, self-indulgence
Sense 4
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
RELATED TO>(noun) indulging#1
=> indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
RELATED TO>(noun) indulgence#3
=> indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
Domain of verb indulge
Domain Terms of verb indulge
Familiarity of verb indulge
indulge used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb indulge
4 senses of indulge
Sense 1
indulge
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
gratify, pander, indulge
EX: Sam cannot indulge Sue
Sense 3
indulge, luxuriate
EX: They indulge themselves
Sense 4
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb indulge
3 of 4 senses of indulge
Sense 2
gratify, pander, indulge
> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> staff
=> drench
=> regale, treat
=> board
=> feed, give
=> feed
=> serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish
=> cater
=> pander, pimp, procure
=> serve, help
=> power
=> feed
=> gratify, pander, indulge
=> underlay
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
=> horse
=> shower
=> accommodate
=> nourish, nurture, sustain
=> fix up
=> gutter
Sense 3
indulge, luxuriate
> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
=> run out
=> drain
=> indulge, luxuriate
=> burn off, burn, burn up
=> spend
=> run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire
Sense 4
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
> treat, handle, do by
=> mock, bemock
=> ignore, disregard, snub, cut
=> wrong
=> handle with kid gloves
=> criminalize
=> nurse
=> strong-arm
=> ride roughshod, run roughshod
=> upstage
=> rough-house
=> brutalize, brutalise
=> do justice, do-well by
=> gloss over, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over
=> mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat
=> pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb indulge
Sense 1
indulge
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Sense 2
gratify, pander, indulge
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
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Sense 3
indulge, luxuriate
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
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Sense 4
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
=> treat, handle, do by
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Grep of verb indulge
indulge
overindulge
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