force-feed in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for force-feed in the English»French Dictionary

force-feed <pret, pp force-fed> VB trans

force-feed animal, bird

gaver (on, with de)

force-feed person

alimenter [qn] de force (on, with de)

her parents force-feed her (on or with) Mozart fig

ses parents la gavent de Mozart inf

Translations for force-feed in the French»English Dictionary

I.gorger [ɡɔʀʒe] VB trans

gorger volaille:

gorger

to force-feed

gorger qn de nourriture

to stuff sb with food inf

II.se gorger VB refl

se gorger refl:

se gorger de nourriture

to gorge oneself

la terre se gorge d'eau

the soil soaks up water

I.gaver [ɡave] VB trans

1. gaver (nourrir):

gaver oies

to force-feed

gaver personne

to stuff [sb] with food

gaver qn de gâteaux

to stuff sb with cakes

être gavé

to be full up

2. gaver fig:

gaver qn d'âneries

to cram sb's head with silly ideas

gaver qn de publicité

to bombard sb with advertising

3. gaver (avoir assez de qc):

ça me gave inf

I've had enough of it inf

II.se gaver VB refl

1. se gaver (se nourrir):

se gaver

to stuff oneself (de with)

2. se gaver fig:

se gaver de romans, émissions

to devour

force-feed in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for force-feed in the English»French Dictionary

force-feed VB trans

force-feed

nourrir de force

Translations for force-feed in the French»English Dictionary

I.gaver [gave] VB trans

1. gaver (engraisser):

gaver oie

to force-feed

2. gaver (bourrer):

gaver qn de qc

to cram sb with sth

II.gaver [gave] VB refl

se gaver de qc

to gorge oneself on sth

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Griffin entered the tank in a wetsuit to force-feed the sharks mackerel and to push them around.

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Using government guarantees to force-feed credit to a sector of the economy which is already mildly loss-making for some banks won't obviously help.

www.telegraph.co.uk

He decided to publicize his innocence by beginning a hunger strike, which eventually led physicians on duty to force-feed him.

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They allow us to force-feed ourselves perspective when it's hard to find.

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The main types are gravity feed, agitating and force-feed.

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Why go to the trouble of solving the problem visually if you're gon na force-feed us exposition anyway?

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Face it, no matter how we might like to force-feed mushrooms to particular colleagues, employment law prevents it.

www.irishexaminer.com

It could be ethical to force-feed prisoners -- to buy time -- but not if that is the whole plan.

www.nytimes.com

To ensure they have adequate supplies they force-feed certain ants which swell up and become living larders for the rest of the colony.

www.bbc.co.uk

We had to force-feed her and nurse them all to health.

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