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Luxuriate
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Luxuriate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Luxuriate has 3 senses
- luxuriate(v = verb.consumption) wanton - become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously; Array is one way to consume, squander, ware, waste
- luxuriate(v = verb.consumption) indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream" is one way to consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
- luxuriate(v = verb.change) Array - thrive profusely or flourish extensively; Array is one way to boom, expand, flourish, thrive
Derived forms noun luxuriation1, noun luxury1, noun luxury2, noun luxury3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Derived forms noun luxuriation1, noun luxury3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form adjective luxuriant3
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
Luxuriate, v. i. [L. luxuriatus, p. p. of luxuriari, -are, to luxuriate. See Luxury.].
- To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance. Burton. [1913 Webster]
- To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures. [1913 Webster]
- To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Luxuriate, v.intr.
1 (foll. by in) take self-indulgent delight in, enjoy in a luxurious manner.
2 take one's ease, relax in comfort.
1 (foll. by in) take self-indulgent delight in, enjoy in a luxurious manner.
2 take one's ease, relax in comfort.
THESAURUS
Luxuriate
appreciate, bask, bask in, bud, burgeon, burst forth, delight in, eat up, enjoy, feast, fill, flood, flourish, gemmate, germinate, grow, grow rank, have a ball, indulge, indulge in, know no bounds, leaf, leaf out, leave, like, love, luxuriate in, overabound, overbrim, overdo, overflow, overgrow, overindulge, overrun, overspill, overspread, overswarm, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, relish, revel, revel in, riot, roll, rollick, root, run riot, savor, shoot, shoot up, spill over, sprout, sprout up, strike root, superabound, swarm, swim in, take it easy, take root, teem, upspear, upsprout, vegetate, wallow in, welter
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