English verb: indulge | |||
1. | indulge (social) give free rein to | ||
Samples | The writer indulged in metaphorical language. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | wallow | ||
2. | indulge (consumption) yield (to); give satisfaction to | ||
Examples | Sam cannot indulge Sue | ||
Synonyms | gratify, pander | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cater, ply, provide, supply | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | humor, humour, sow one's oats, sow one's wild oats, spree | ||
3. | indulge (consumption) enjoy to excess | ||
Samples | She indulges in ice cream. | ||
Examples | They indulge themselves | ||
Synonyms | luxuriate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | surfeit | ||
4. | indulge (social) treat with excessive indulgence | ||
Samples | Grandparents often pamper the children. Let's not mollycoddle our students!. | ||
Synonyms | baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | do by, handle, treat | ||