cloy

== English == === Etymology === From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre, from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /klɔɪ/ Rhymes: -ɔɪ === Verb === cloy (third-person singular simple present cloys, present participle cloying, simple past and past participle cloyed) (transitive) To fill up or choke up; to stop up. (transitive) To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate. (transitive) To fill to loathing; to surfeit. ==== Synonyms ==== (fill or choke up): block, block up, choke, fill, fill up, stop up, stuff, stuff up (satiate): fill up, glut, gorge, sate, satiate, satisfy, stodge, stuff, stuff up (fill to loathing): jade, nauseate, pall, sicken, surfeit ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== clove ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Coly, coly