to engorge
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7.7
- verb
- /ɪnˈɡɔrdʒ/
:
engullir
- After the feast, I could barely move because I had engorged myself with too much dessert.
Examples
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Ignore the fact that the entire developed world is benefiting from the system—as if Great Britain hasn't engorged itself on the same pie.
Blog text (17) -
What's another word for "engorged"?
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This is simply not a totally free period of time to engorge yourself on rubbish, as not receiving an ample amount of what you require may damage you and maybe the baby down the road.
Blog text (2) -
So their GI tract was just full of bulk content from just engorging in a competitive sense.
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Or maybe their bodies had so harmonized from months of giving and taking that they now woke at once, Clara hungry and Mae engorged, needing relief.
Fiction book (1999) -
He tends to engorge himself at buffets, enjoying multiple helpings of every dish.
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The hikers engorged on trail mix and energy bars after their long trek.
Synonyms
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5.8
To eat a lot quickly until you feel too full
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3.1
To eat more food than your body needs at one time
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5.9
To eat a very large amount of food greedily
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4.5
To do something like eating, drinking, or watching a lot in a short time
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7.1
To make someone feel they have had enough to eat or drink
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7.5
Eat a very large amount of food without control
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7.8
To eat in a very messy and greedy way
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6.2
Let yourself and others have too much food or drink
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8.2
To eat a lot of food very quickly
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4.9
To eat a very large amount of food
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3.5
To give a person or animal more food than they need
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7.6
To eat or drink too much
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9.9
To eat a lot of food very quickly
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7.9
To eat too much food at one time
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9.9
To eat a lot of food quickly without control
To eat too much food at once
To eat too much food in a greedy way
To eat too much food quickly and greedily
To eat a lot of food in a greedy way until you feel too full
To eat too much in a greedy way
To eat a lot of food quickly
To eat a lot of food very quickly
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Engorge comes from French en- 'in' and gorge 'throat', so it originally meant 'fill the throat'. Think of the English word gorge (to eat a lot); that's why engorge can mean to eat or fill yourself to excess.