ENGORGE


Meaning of ENGORGE in English

ə̇n, en+ verb

Etymology: Middle French engorgier to feed to repletion, devour, from Old French, to devour, from en- en- (I) + gorge throat — more at gorge

transitive verb

1. : gorge , glut : as

a. : to feed (as oneself or an animal) to repletion

a working horse should not be engorged on the weekend

b. : to fill with blood to the point of congestion — usually used in passive

the gastric mucosa was greatly engorged

2. : to swallow with greediness : devour , engulf

intransitive verb

1. : to feed with eagerness or voracity

2. of a bloodsucking invertebrate : to feed on blood to the limit of body capacity

larvae which had engorged … previously on an infected guinea pig, transmitted a fatal infection — Journal of Infectious Diseases

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.