English

Etymology

From French engorger, from Old French engorgier

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n':d?/

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• Rhymes: -?:(r)d?

Verb

engorge (third-person singular simple present engorges, present participle engorging, simple past and past participle engorged)

1. (transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎^[1]:

     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.

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3. (pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.

Related terms

• disgorge

Translations

Anagrams

• Goergen, reggeon

French

Verb

engorge

1. first-person singular present indicative of engorger
2. third-person singular present indicative of engorger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of engorger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of engorger
5. second-person singular imperative of engorger