"feed one's face" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: feeds one's face [present, singular, third-person], feeding one's face [participle, present], fed one's face [participle, past], fed one's face [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|feed<,,fed> one's face}} feed one's face (third-person singular simple present feeds one's face, present participle feeding one's face, simple past and past participle fed one's face)
  1. (informal) To eat. Tags: informal Synonyms: fill one's face Translations (rude expression for "to eat"): vetää naamaan (Finnish), zabál (Hungarian), kajál (Hungarian), tömi magát/a fejét/a hasát (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-feed_one's_face-en-verb-RCpYtcIK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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