engorged; engorging; engorges
: gorge entry 1, glut
especially
: to fill with blood to the point of congestion
: to suck blood to the limit of body capacity
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Several areas in western Queensland have recorded their worst flooding in 50 years after days of heavy rainfall engorged rivers and forced residents to evacuate.
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Edward Szekeres and Helen Regan, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
The first relates back to that hillside, which in the credits is populated not by goats but by some mix of little headless Marks crawling about on all fours and what appear to be engorged head balloons of both Mark and Helly.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
Once weaned, the kittens should be separated from the mother gradually, allowing her milk to dry up naturally, so that her mammary glands do not become engorged.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Crime gangs engorged by illicit profit think nothing of knocking out hospitals and sending desperate patients elsewhere.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
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Edward Szekeres and Helen Regan, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
The first relates back to that hillside, which in the credits is populated not by goats but by some mix of little headless Marks crawling about on all fours and what appear to be engorged head balloons of both Mark and Helly.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
Once weaned, the kittens should be separated from the mother gradually, allowing her milk to dry up naturally, so that her mammary glands do not become engorged.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Crime gangs engorged by illicit profit think nothing of knocking out hospitals and sending desperate patients elsewhere.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
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“Engorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engorge. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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engorge
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en·gorge
in-ˈgȯ(ə)rj 
Medical Definition
engorge
verb
en·gorge
in-ˈgȯ(ə)rj
engorged; engorging
: to fill with blood to the point of congestion
the gastric mucosa was greatly engorged
: to suck blood to the limit of body capacity
unconscious of the dog tick engorging on his right ankle—John Barth
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