Engorge

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Engorge \En*gorge"\, v. i.
     To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with
     food. --Beaumont.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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