Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Introduction of nutritive material into the stomach by means of a tube.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A system of fattening poultry for market by forcing them to swallow fixed quantities of food at stated intervals.
- noun In medicine, a similar method of forced feeding, employed under certain conditions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube passed through the mouth down to the stomach.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A process of
force-feeding agoose forfoie gras - noun A process of force-feeding
cattle forveal - noun medicine Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
- verb To
stuff orglut with something
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A foie gras liver balloons to six to 10 times the size of the organ in a normal duck or goose, and the reason it grows so fatty is a process known as gavage.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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Although the force-feeding, known as gavage, isn't exactly a warm and fuzzy process, Caro witnesses it at several farms in the United States and France and comes away thinking that it isn't horrible.
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A foie gras liver balloons to six to 10 times the size of the organ in a normal duck or goose, and the reason it grows so fatty is a process known as gavage.
The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009
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They are brought in for the gavage, which is when they were shown on the video.
How foie gras is made | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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The reasons usually just boil down to the gavage, which is the force feeding.
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The reasons usually just boil down to the gavage, which is the force feeding.
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The reasons usually just boil down to the gavage, which is the force feeding.
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To animal welfare groups, the obscenity of force-feeding, known by the French word gavage, is self-evident.
Is foie gras evil? Ann Althouse 2005
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Kelley says that after the sea turtles have been rescued, they are cleaned and treated - including what's called a 'gavage' of mayonnaise and cod liver oil that will help purge their digestive system of oil.
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The 'gavage' accentuates the process, fattening ducks for a 12 to 15 day period, and geese for about 15 to 18 days.
uselessness commented on the word gavage
The future of food. Don't put the stuff in your mouth, unless you like the flavor of Tasty Wheat...
January 17, 2008
trivet commented on the word gavage
Eeeeeeeeew - thanks, sionnach!
January 17, 2008