くわせる

[食わせる] ①［食べさせる］

¶十分食わせればよく働く

Corn him well， he'll work the better.((ことわざ))

¶ここはうまい昼めしを～よ

They serve good lunches here.

②［だます・与える］

hoax

|他|…に一杯食わせる；(人)をかついで〔…〕させる〔into doing〕.

▲get a blow ［punch］ in 《略式》うまく一撃を食わせる.

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くわせる【食わせる】

①［食べさせる］

¶十分食わせればよく働く

Corn him well， he'll work the better. ((ことわざ))

¶ここはうまい昼めしを～よ

They serve good lunches here.

②［だます・与える］

hoax

|他|…に一杯食わせる；(人)をかついで〔…〕させる〔into doing〕.

▲get a blow ［punch］ in 《略式》うまく一撃を食わせる.

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くわせる【食わせる】

1 〔食べさせる〕 feed 《an animal on oats》; feed 《oats》 to 《an animal》; (ご馳走を) treat 《sb to steak》.

●腹一杯食わせる let sb eat [have] his fill

・無理に食わせる force food upon sb; force sb to eat.

●あのレストランはうまいステーキを食わせる. They serve great steaks at that restaurant.

・何か食わせてくれ. Give me something to eat.

2 〔扶養する〕 support; feed; provide for…; keep; maintain.

●たくさんの家族を食わせていく maintain [provide for] a large family.

●月 15 万円では妻と子供 2 人を食わせていけない. You can't keep a wife and two children on 150,000 yen a month.

・彼をただ食わせておくわけにはいかない. I can't afford to feed him for nothing.

3 〔(害を)与える〕

●横つらに一発食わせる slap sb on the cheek [in the face]; box sb's ears; hit sb upside the head.

4 〔だます〕

●一杯食わせる cheat; take in; play a trick on sb; put something over on sb.