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noun
The act of swallowing greedily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: eating, feeding
noun
congestion with blood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hyperemia, hyperaemia
History
Etymology tree English engorge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English engorgement From engorge + -ment.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
