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cloy - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cloy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cloy [ v. t.]
- To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog.
- To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit.
- To penetrate or pierce; to wound.
- To spike, as a cannon.
- To stroke with a claw.

Meaning of 'cloy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cloy [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
Example in sentence:
  • Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite