engorge

en·gorge

E0148000 (ĕn-gôrj′)v. en·gorged, en·gorg·ing, en·gorg·es v.tr.1. To devour greedily.2. To gorge; glut.3. To fill to excess, as with blood or other fluid.v.intr. To feed ravenously.

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[French engorger, from Old French engorgier : en-, in; see en-¹ + gorge, throat; see gorge.]

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en·gorge′ment n.

engorge

(ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ) vb (tr) 1. (Physiology) pathol to congest with blood2. to eat (food) ravenously or greedily3. to gorge (oneself); glut; satiate enˈgorgement n

en•gorge

(ɛnˈgɔrdʒ)

v.t., v.i. -gorged, -gorg•ing. 1. to swallow greedily; glut or gorge. 2. to fill or congest with blood. [1505–15; < Middle French engorger. See en-¹, gorge] en•gorge′ment, n.

engorge

Past participle: engorged
Gerund: engorging

Imperative
engorge
engorge

Present
I engorge
you engorge
he/she/it engorges
we engorge
you engorge
they engorge

Preterite
I engorged
you engorged
he/she/it engorged
we engorged
you engorged
they engorged

Present Continuous
I am engorging
you are engorging
he/she/it is engorging
we are engorging
you are engorging
they are engorging

Present Perfect
I have engorged
you have engorged
he/she/it has engorged
we have engorged
you have engorged
they have engorged

Past Continuous
I was engorging
you were engorging
he/she/it was engorging
we were engorging
you were engorging
they were engorging

Past Perfect
I had engorged
you had engorged
he/she/it had engorged
we had engorged
you had engorged
they had engorged

Future
I will engorge
you will engorge
he/she/it will engorge
we will engorge
you will engorge
they will engorge

Future Perfect
I will have engorged
you will have engorged
he/she/it will have engorged
we will have engorged
you will have engorged
they will have engorged

Future Continuous
I will be engorging
you will be engorging
he/she/it will be engorging
we will be engorging
you will be engorging
they will be engorging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been engorging
you have been engorging
he/she/it has been engorging
we have been engorging
you have been engorging
they have been engorging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been engorging
you will have been engorging
he/she/it will have been engorging
we will have been engorging
you will have been engorging
they will have been engorging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been engorging
you had been engorging
he/she/it had been engorging
we had been engorging
you had been engorging
they had been engorging

Conditional
I would engorge
you would engorge
he/she/it would engorge
we would engorge
you would engorge
they would engorge

Past Conditional
I would have engorged
you would have engorged
he/she/it would have engorged
we would have engorged
you would have engorged
they would have engorged

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

engorge - overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"binge, englut, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, scarf out, satiate, stuffeat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"

engorge

verb1. To swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts:bolt, down, englut, gobble, gulp, guzzle, ingurgitate, swill, wolf.2. To satisfy to the full or to excess:cloy, glut, gorge, pall, sate, satiate, surfeit.

Translations

divorareingurgitareostruire