Learn English – Word that means having eaten one’s fill

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Full can be mistaken for a description of a whole as opposed to a part.
For example:

"The [full] frog hopped back to its lily-pad."

Can be understood as:

"The frog [that had eaten recently and was no longer hungry] hopped back to its lily-pad."

or:

"The frog [no longer a tadpole or other "pre-frog" stage] or [not a piece of the frog but the whole frog] hopped back to its lily-pad.

What is a way of saying someone or something is "full" without that possible misunderstanding?

Best Answer

One word you could use is “sated": ( from M-W)

  • having one's appetite completely satisfied:

    • the sated baby fell instantly to sleep.
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