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Noun indulging has 1 sense
  1. indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring - the act of indulging or gratifying a desire
    --1 is a kind of gratification
    --1 has particulars:
     intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence; overindulgence, excess; orgy, binge, splurge
    Derived forms: verb indulge4, verb indulge2
,Verb indulge has 4 senses
  1. indulge - give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical language"
    Derived form: noun indulgence3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. gratify, pander, indulge - yield (to); give satisfaction to
    --2 is one way to provide, supply, ply, cater
    Derived forms: noun indulgence2, noun indulging1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot indulge Sue
  3. indulge, luxuriate - enjoy to excess
    --3 is one way to consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
    Derived form: noun indulgence1
    Sample sentence:
    They indulge themselves
  4. pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge - treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
    --4 is one way to treat, handle, do by
    Derived forms: noun indulging1, noun indulgence3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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