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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -cloy-, *cloy*
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
cloy(vt) ทำให้เอียน, See also: ทำให้เบื่อเนื่องจากมีมากเกินไป, Syn. satiate, surfeit
cloy(vi) เอียน, See also: เบื่อเนื่องจากมีมากเกินไป

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
cloy(คลอย) { cloyed, cloying, cloys } vi., vt. (ทำให้) กินมากเกินไปจนเบื่อ, Syn. satiate, sate

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
cloy(vt) อัด, ยัด

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Cloyv. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cloyed 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Who can ] cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He sometimes cloys his readers instead of satisfying. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He never shod horse but he cloyed him. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To spike, as a cannon. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To stroke with a claw. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cloylessa. That does not cloy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cloymentn. Satiety. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
cloy(v) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing, Syn. pall
cloyingly(adv) in an overly sweet manner
surfeit(v) supply or feed to surfeit, Syn. cloy

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
cloy
cloyd
cloying

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
cloy
cloys
cloyed
cloying

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
鼻につく;鼻に付く[はなにつく, hananitsuku] (exp, v5k) (1) to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to get up someone's nose; (2) to stink [Add to Longdo]

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cloy \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.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by
              sinking ships, laden with stones.     --Speed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill
        to loathing; to surfeit.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite
              By bare imagination of a feast?       --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He sometimes cloys his readers instead of
              satisfying.                           --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed.
                                                    --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He never shod horse but he cloyed him. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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     5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cloy
      v 1: supply or feed to surfeit [syn: {surfeit}, {cloy}]
      2: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too
         much spicy food cloyed his appetite" [syn: {cloy}, {pall}]

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