What does engorge mean?
Definitions for engorge
ɛnˈgɔrdʒen·gorge
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Princeton's WordNet
gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf outverb
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
"She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
Wiktionary
engorgeverb
To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
engorgeverb
To feed ravenously.
engorgeverb
To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Engorgeverb
To swallow; to devour; to gorge.
Etymology: from gorge, French, a throat.
Then fraught with rancour and engorged ire,
He cast at once him to avenge for all. Fairy Queen, b. i.That is the gulf of greediness, they say,
That deep engorgeth all this world is prey. Edmund Spenser, Fa. Qu.To Engorgeverb
To devour; to feed with eagerness and voracity; to riot.
Greedily she engorg’d without restraint,
And knew not eating death! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.
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engorge
To engorge means to fill or swell with a large amount of fluid or substance, often to the point of being overly full or distended. This term is commonly used in the context of body parts or tissues filling with blood.
Webster Dictionary
Engorgeverb
to gorge; to glut
Engorgeverb
to swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour
Engorgeverb
to feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food
Etymology: [Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to obstruct, cram.]
Chambers 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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of engorge in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of engorge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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