Engorge \En*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engorged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engorging.] [Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to
obstruct, cram.]
1. To gorge; to glut. --Mir. for Mag.
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2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to
devour. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Engorge \En*gorge"\, v. i.
To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with
food. --Beaumont.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
engorge
v : overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on
icecream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut,
englut, stuff, overgorge, overeat, gormandize,
gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate,
scarf out]
WordNet (r) 2.0
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "engorge":
allay, batten, bolt, bolt down, bring to ruin, cloy, condemn,
confound, consume, cram, damn, deal destruction, decimate,
depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, dissolve,
drink, eat, engulf, fill, fill up, glut, gluttonize, gobble,
gobble up, gorge, gormandize, gulp, gulp down, gut, gut with fire,
guttle, guzzle, havoc, imbibe, incinerate, ingest, ingurgitate,
jade, lay in ruins, lay waste, live to eat, overdose, overfeed,
overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff, pall, ravage, raven,
ruin, ruinate, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shipwreck, slake,
stuff, supersaturate, surfeit, swallow, swallow up, swill,
swill down, throw into disorder, unleash destruction,
unleash the hurricane, upheave, vandalize, vaporize, waste, wolf,
wolf down, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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