Gorge and Pick

Opposite meaning words

Gorge verb - To eat greedily or to excess.

Usage example: the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating

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Pick is an antonym for gorge.

Nearby Words: gorgeous, gorged, gorgeously, gorging, gorget

Pick verb - To eat reluctantly and in small bites.

Usage example: still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food

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Gorge is an antonym for pick.

Nearby Words: pickle, picky, picked, picket, pickup

large	large gorge	large pick
great	great gorge	great pick

people	gorge people	pick people
times	gorge times	pick times

Sometimes they are useful, but it misuses them (like learning Extreme Speed from an Arcanine, and abusing it to pick and gorge on berries).

Source: Superpower Lottery
The Skulk and Fade pick their teeth with a claw, the Gorge yawns or licks at a decaying tooth, the Lerk stretches it's wings, and so on.

Source: Video Game / Natural Selection 2

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