engorge
verb /ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ/
/ɪnˈɡɔːrdʒ/
[usually passive] (specialist)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they engorge | /ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ/ /ɪnˈɡɔːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it engorges | /ɪnˈɡɔːdʒɪz/ /ɪnˈɡɔːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple engorged | /ɪnˈɡɔːdʒd/ /ɪnˈɡɔːrdʒd/ |
| past participle engorged | /ɪnˈɡɔːdʒd/ /ɪnˈɡɔːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form engorging | /ɪnˈɡɔːdʒɪŋ/ /ɪnˈɡɔːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- to cause something to become filled with blood or another liquid and to swell (= become larger or rounder than normal)
- be engorged (with something) Once feeding is complete, the tick is engorged with blood and will fall off.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘gorge; eat or fill to excess’): from Old French engorgier ‘feed to excess’, from en- ‘into’ + gorge ‘throat’.