Engorge
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /ɪnˈɡɔËdÊ’/
- Rhymes: -É”Ë(r)dÊ’
Origin
From French engorger, from Old French engorgier
Full definition of engorge
Verb
- (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.
- (intransitive) To feed ravenously.
- (pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.