engorge

Meanings

• verb

  To swallow or absorb large quantities of food, liquid, or other substances; to distend or enlarge with food, fluid, or other matter.

  - "After the feast, everyone was engorged with food."
  - "The river was engorged with rainwater and threatened to overflow."

• verb

  To make (a part of the body) distend or enlarge, especially with blood.

  - "The pregnant woman's feet were engorged with fluid."
  - "His face engorged with anger, he stormed out of the room."

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Pronunciation

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with engorge
enlarge , engage , enrage , entrage

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Variants

List of all variants of engorge that leads to same result
engorge , engorged , engorgement , engorgements , engorges , engorging

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Forms

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engorged, engorges, engorging, engorgedly, engorgement

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Etymology

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Originally meaning 'to swallow,' from Old French engorgier, from en- 'in' + gorgier 'to swallow,' from gorge 'throat,' from Latin gurgulio 'throat,' from gurgulare 'to gurgle.'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'engorge' is sometimes used in the medical field to describe the swelling of a vein or artery, which can be a sign of various conditions such as deep vein thrombosis or heart failure.

2. In the animal kingdom, some species, such as the African elephant, have the ability to engorge their cheeks with food, allowing them to carry large quantities of food for long distances.

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Related Concepts

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1. bloating: A feeling of fullness or swelling in the abdomen, often caused by the consumption of large quantities of food or gas.

2. distend: To stretch or expand, often to an abnormal degree.

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Culture

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Engorge has been used in various literary and artistic contexts, often to describe the distended or enlarged state of a character or object. For example, in the novel 'Jude the Obscure' by Thomas Hardy, the character Sue Bridehead's breasts are described as 'engorged' after she has given birth. In art, the term 'engorged' is sometimes used to describe the swollen or distended forms of figures in Baroque or Surrealist art.

How to Memorize "engorge"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person or object absorbing or swallowing large quantities of food or fluid until they become distended or enlarged.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'engorge' with the idea of swallowing or absorbing large quantities of something.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word 'engorge' as 'eat and grow' or 'engulf and enlarge'.

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