mässäillä — meaning in English

English meaning

• batten noun A long, narrow strip of wood or metal used to strengthen, fasten, or hold something in place, especially in construction or on a ship.
• binge noun A short spell of doing something, especially eating, drinking, or watching something, to excess.

Senses

mässäillä is used for these senses in English:

• batten (figurative) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving.
• binge (transitive, intransitive, often with on) To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol or media consumption.
• gluttonize (intransitive) To eat an excessive amount, or voraciously.
• gourmandise To eat food in a gluttonous manner; to gorge; to make a pig of oneself.

batten — full definition

1. noun A long, narrow strip of wood or metal used to strengthen, fasten, or hold something in place, especially in construction or on a ship.
2. verb To fasten or secure something firmly, typically with battens — especially in the phrase "batten down."
3. verb Followed by "on": to grow fat or prosper, often at someone else's expense.

binge — full definition

1. noun A short spell of doing something, especially eating, drinking, or watching something, to excess.
2. verb To do something, especially eat, drink, or watch, to excess in a short space of time.

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