Engorged definition

Engorged





Home | Index


We love those sites:

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.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to
        devour. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Engorged \En*gorged"\, p. a.
     1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Med.) Filled to excess with blood or other liquid;
        congested.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  engorged
       adj : overfull as with blood [syn: {congested}]

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

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "engorged":
     allayed, cloyed, crammed, disgusted, fed-up, full, full of,
     glutted, gorged, jaded, overfed, overfull, overgorged,
     oversaturated, overstuffed, replete, sated, satiated, satisfied,
     saturated, sick of, slaked, stuffed, supersaturated, surfeited,
     tired of, with a bellyful, with a snootful, with enough of
  
  

















Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by Vaffle Invitation Code Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights reserved. (2008-2024)