• Engorge

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /ɪnˈɡɔːdÊ’/
    • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dÊ’

    Origin

    From French engorger, from Old French engorgier

    Full definition of engorge

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
      • 2006, w, Internal Combustion Chapter 2, One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.
    2. (intransitive) To feed ravenously.
    3. (pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.

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