English

Verb

engorge ‎(third-person singular simple present engorges, present participle engorging, simple past and past participle engorged)

1. (transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:

     One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.

2. (intransitive) To feed ravenously.
3. (pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.

Related terms

• disgorge

Translations

French

Verb

engorge

1. first-person singular present indicative of engorger
2. third-person singular present indicative of engorger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of engorger
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of engorger
5. second-person singular imperative of engorger