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Umbrella;<br />

• a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb, (<br />

);<br />

• (surfeit)- to bring to a state of surfeit by excess of food or drink, (<br />

, ; ); He felt a<br />

loss of appetite from surfeit, and his energy itself decreased and sickness<br />

afflicted him;<br />

• (sate)- to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully, ( );<br />

Eventually, both guide and guest found themselves sated by the surfeit of<br />

available stimulation. — Sliding Scales;<br />

• (satiate)- to satisfy to the full; sate; Cyberpunk Reloaded brings together a<br />

varied compilation of articles to satiate the appetite of the most avid fans;<br />

• (insatiate)- not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased, ( ;<br />

- ); Their hunger for power and importance is insatiable, and it<br />

makes them mean. — Isaac Asimov - Murder at the ABA;<br />

• (voracious)- craving or consuming large quantities of food, (<br />

; ; ; ; ); They are extremely voracious, and the<br />

slightest privation of food drives them to frenzy, or kills them. — Anecdotes of<br />

the Habits and Instinct of Animals;<br />

• (ravening)- rapacious; voracious, ( ; ; ); Battle raged within the<br />

giant Cimmerian, ravening lust warring with his will. — Conan The<br />

Triumphant;<br />

• (ravenous)- extremely hungry; famished; voracious, ( ; ;<br />

; ; ); I never saw anything like the ravenous, hungry<br />

people. — The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II;<br />

• (rapacious)- excessively grasping, plundering, ( ; ; ); It<br />

would be equally absurd to represent him as a corrupt, rapacious, and badhearted<br />

man. — Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1;<br />

• (esurient)- hungry; greedy;<br />

• (edacious)- devouring; voracious; consuming; The instant you enter the<br />

Thunderbird, you are overcome with an edacious distaste and a puncturing<br />

depression. — Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas;<br />

• (crave)- to long for; want greatly; desire eagerly, ( ;<br />

); Everything you crave is yours. — The Harvester;<br />

• (aspire)- to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, esp. for<br />

something great or of high value, ( - ); To live is

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