Definition of engorge Engorge

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We found 10 definitions of engorge from 6 different sources.

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What does engorge mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

engorge - overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
  gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
  eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • engorge (v. t.)
    To gorge; to glut.
  • engorge (v. t.)
    To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.
  • engorge (v. i.)
    To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • engorge
    To eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • engorge
    en-gorj′, v.t. (Spens.) to devour, to glut.—v.i. (Milton) to feed voraciously.—adj. Engorged′, filled to excess with blood.—n. Engorge′ment, the act of swallowing greedily: (med.) an obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system

Part of speech

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  • engorge, verb, present, 1st person singular of engorge (infinitive).
  • engorge, verb (infinitive).

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