Cloy word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "cloy" word

[verb] cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
[verb] supply or feed to surfeit

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\Cloy\ (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloyed} (kloid); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloying}.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr. OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d {Clove}.] 1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.] The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. --Speed. 2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit. [Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? --Shak. He sometimes cloys his readers instead of satisfying. --Dryden. 3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound. Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed. --Spenser. He never shod horse but he cloyed him. --Bacon. 4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Johnson. 5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] --Shak.

Synonyms for cloy

pall, surfeit

Related terms: allay, cram, engorge, fill, fill up, glut, gorge, jade, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, slake, stall, stodge, stuff, supersaturate, surfeit

The fun area, different aproach to word »cloy«

Let's analyse "cloy" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YOLC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.-. .-.. --- -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: cloy: 6 = 6, reduced: 6 (or 4 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: cloy: 3 + 3 + 6 + 7 = 19, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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