Engorge

//ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To devour something greedily, gorge, glut. transitive

    "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. 2
    overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself wordnet
  3. 3
    To feed ravenously. intransitive

    "Greedily she engorged without restraint"

  4. 4
    To fill excessively with a bodily liquid, especially blood.

Synonyms

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gorgeallaybattenbingeboltbolt down

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From French engorger, from Old French engorgier. Archaic spellings from Webster’s dictionary 1913 include ingorge and ingorg, both now considered misspellings.

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