Usually means: Forced feeding through a tube.
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  1. gavage: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. gavage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gavage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gavage: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. gavage: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gavage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  11. gavage: Dictionary.com
  12. Gavage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  15. gavage: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. gavage: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  3. gavage: Medical dictionary

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  1. gavage: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gavage)

noun:  A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
noun:  A process of force-feeding cattle for veal
noun:  (medicine) Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
verb:  To stuff or glut with something

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