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먹이다

meogida[머기다]Intermediate · TOPIK IIEating & cooking

make someone eat; feed

Verb

  1. 1

    make someone eat; feed

    To put food into the mouth of someone or something and make him/her or it swallow it.

    Korean definition: 음식을 입에 넣어 삼키게 하다.

    • He forced his subordinate to drink.

    • My daughter kept having diarrhea, so I bought medicine and gave it to her, and she's a bit better now.

  2. 2

    scare; frighten; shock

    To make someone or something feel fear or shock.

    Korean definition: 겁이나 충격 등을 느끼게 하다.

    • She wanted to give him a shock, even if it meant doing something nasty.

    • He shouted loudly to scare off the child who was bothering him.

  3. 3

    starch; grease; oil; soak with

    To make liquid, glue paste, etc. permeate.

    Korean definition: 액체나 풀 등이 스며들게 하다.

    • My mother starched the thread and dried it.

    • In the old days, people would soak paper with oil to make umbrellas.

  4. 4

    bribe

    (slang) To give a bribe.

    Korean definition: (속된 말로) 뇌물을 주다.

    • That company bribed a reporter to write a false article.

    • He once bribed the police and was released as not guilty.