engorgev.
/ᵻnˈɡɔːdʒ/, /ɛnˈɡɔːdʒ/, /ᵻŋˈɡɔːdʒ/, /ɛŋˈɡɔːdʒ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡɔrdʒ/, /ɛnˈɡɔrdʒ/ 1. figurative.1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Ld. Hastynges sig. N.viiiv With pleasures cloyed, engorged with the fyll.1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 16 A Cur engorged with asperity.
a. transitive. To fill the gorge of; to gorge, feed or fill to excess; chiefly reflexive. Also (rarely) intransitive for reflexive.Probably first used (in English) with reference to hawks; see gorge n.1
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > feed up or overfeed
cramc1325
pamperc1390
pampa1400
papa1400
engorge1497
pompa1529
feed1552
frank?1567
grudge1642
to feed into1843
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (transitive)]
engorge1497
ingurgitate1570
guzzle1583
gurgitate1656
gorge1713
stuff1743
stow1833
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (reflexive)] > feed oneself to excess
engorge1497
overeat1652
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > eat or drink to excess [verb (intransitive)] > be gluttonous
gourmanda1450
gormandize1548
belly-cheer1549
gurmander1570
overfeed1589
overeat1590
glutton1602
cram1609
gutc1616
pamper1620
guttle1654
gluttonize1656
engorge1667
stuff1728
guddle1825
to make a pig of oneself1873
guts1903
1497 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) E ij They be not ingorged with meete and drynke.
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. G v A byrde wele ingorged, kepys wele hyr nest.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. viii. f. xxiiiv Engorge and pamper vppe themselues with flesh offered to idolles.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 62 To ingurge themselves with wyne.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1213 You sit downe to meat..but touch not one dish, leaving them afterwards for your servants to engorge themselves therewith.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 791 Greedily she ingorg'd without restraint. View more context for this quotation
b. transferred in passive: To be filled to excess, crammed. Chiefly Pathology of animal tissues or organs: To be congested with blood.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up space [verb (intransitive)] > be or become full > excessively
engorge1599
overfill?1615
overcome1697
the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > of animals generally: have disorder [verb (intransitive)] > other disorders
surbate1590
engorge1834
1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered i. 6 Virulent letters..ingorged with impudent lies.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 499 The Riuers are ingorged with Salmond.
1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 213 The surrounding pulmonary substance..was red and engorged.
1869 H. Ussher in Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 272/2 These vessels are congested, or engorged with blood.
2. To put (food) into the gorge; to devour greedily. Also transferred and figurative to swallow up (as a vortex).
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (transitive)]
eatc825
to-fret?c1225
vourc1330
dinec1380
to eat inc1450
engorge1541
tooth1579
canvass1602
get1603
eat1607
manger1609
upeat1630
dispatch1711
feed1725
yam1725
to eat off1733
repartake1751
patter1803
chop1833
smouse1840
to stow away1858
to put oneself outside ——1865
to get outside ——1876
to feed down1887
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously
forswallowOE
gulch?c1225
afretea1350
moucha1350
glop1362
gloup1362
forglut1393
worrya1400
globbec1400
forsling1481
slonk1481
franch1519
gull1530
to eat up1535
to swallow up1535
engorge1541
gulp1542
ramp1542
slosh1548
raven1557
slop1575
yolp1579
devour1586
to throw oneself on1592
paunch1599
tire1599
glut1600
batten1604
frample1606
gobbet1607
to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616
to make a (also one's) meal of1622
gorge1631
demolish1639
gourmanda1657
guttle1685
to gawp up1728
nyam1790
gamp1805
slummock1808
annihilate1815
gollop1823
punish1825
engulf1829
hog1836
scoff1846
brosier1850
to pack away1855
wolf1861
locust1868
wallop1892
guts1934
murder1935
woof1943
pelicana1953
pig1979
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxiii. f. 44 Also ingorgynge meate vpon meate.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiii. vi. 237 Neither doth any man, after he hath once satisfied his hunger, engorge superfluous meats.
1631 T. Heywood Londons Ius Honorarium in Wks. (1874) IV. 271 A thousand monsters..gape To ingurdge and swallow you.
1798 Monthly Mag. 6 366 Prepare not to ingorge The eternal pyramids.
1850 J. M. Neale Mediæval Hymns 48 Engorg'd in former years, their prey Must Death and Hell restore today.
Derivatives
enˈgorged adj.
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the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > excessively full
overfullOE
overfilledc1230
engorged1562
plethoric1644
supercharged1784
overglutted1792
overstuffed1808
1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxv, in Bulwarke of Defence This will not helpe to digest, your ingorged full stomack.
enˈgorger n.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > excessive consumption of food or drink > [noun] > gluttony > glutton
glutton?c1225
glutc1394
globberc1400
glofferc1440
gluttoner1482
gourmanda1492
ravener1496
belly1526
golofer1529
lurcher1530
cormorant1531
flesh-fly1532
full-belly1536
belly-godc1540
flap-sauce1540
gourmander1542
gully-gut1542
locust1545
glosser1549
greedy-guts1550
hungry gut1552
belly-slave1562
fill-belly1563
grand paunch1569
belly-paunch1570
belly-swainc1571
trencher-slave1571
slapsauce1573
gorche1577
helluo1583
gormandizer1589
eat-all1598
engorger1598
guts1598
guller1604
gourmandist1607
barathrum1609
eatnell1611
snapsauce1611
Phaeacian?1614
gutling1617
overeater1621
polyphage1623
tenterbelly1628
gut-head1629
stiffgut1630
gobble-guts1632
gulist1632
polyphagian1658
fill-paunch1659
gype1662
gulchin1671
stretch-gut1673
gastrolater1694
gundy-gut1699
guttler1732
gobbler1755
trencher-hero1792
gorger1817
polyphagist1819
battenera1849
stuff-guts1875
chowhound1917
gannet1929
Billy Bunter1939
guzzle-guts1959
garbage can1963
foodaholic1965
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Diuoratore, a deuourer, a glutton, an engorger.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ingorger, A rauener, glutton, gulch, ingorger.
enˈgorging n.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating heartily or greedily
mouching1607
engorgement1611
engorging1611
demolition1722
tucking in1810
brosier1907
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Engorgement, a glutting, rauening, deuouring, ingorging.
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