fress
fress · fresses · fressed · fressing
To eat without restraintTo eat without restraint; eat heartily
/fɹɛs/
Meaning
1 senses(dialectal, obsolete)To eat without restraint; eat heartily
eat a lot and without restraint
Origin
From German fressen (“to eat, devour, gobble”) and/or Yiddish פֿרעסן (fresn), both from MiFrom German fressen (“to eat, devour, gobble”) and/or Yiddish פֿרעסן (fresn), both from Middle High German vrëȥȥen, from Old High German frëȥȥan (“to eat up”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan, from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (“to eat up”), from *fra- (intensive and perfective prefix) + *etaną (“to eat”), equivalent to for- + eat. Cognate with Old English fretan (“to devour”). Doublet of fret.
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Forms
fresses, fressing, fressed, fressedSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- eat a lot and without restraint:gluttonizegluttonise
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle