פֿרעסן
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vrezzen, from Old High German frezzan (“to devour, eat up”), from Proto-West Germanic *fraetan (“to eat up”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]פֿרעסן • (fresn) (past participle געפֿרעסן (gefresn))
- (of an animal, ambitransitive) to eat, to feed
- (of a person, ambitransitive) pig out (eat voraciously or ravenously)
Conjugation
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Descendants
[edit]- → English: fress (or from German)
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