Meaning of ENGORGE
| Pronunciation: | | en'gorj
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| | Definition: | | [v] overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself |
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| | Synonyms: | | binge, englut, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| | Antonyms: | | munch, nibble | | |
| | See Also: | | cram, eat, fill, fill up, jam | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\En*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engorged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Engorging}.] [Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to
obstruct, cram.]
1. To gorge; to glut. --Mir. for Mag.
2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to
devour. --Spenser.
\En*gorge"\, v. i.
To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with
food. --Beaumont.
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| | Related Terms: | | allay, batten, bolt, bolt down, bring to ruin, cloy, condemn, confound, consume, cram, damn, deal destruction, decimate, depredate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devour, dissolve, drink, eat, engulf, fill, fill up, glut, gluttonize, gobble, gobble up, gorge, gormandize, gulp, gulp down, gut, gut with fire, guttle, guzzle, havoc, imbibe, incinerate, ingest, ingurgitate, jade, lay in ruins, lay waste, live to eat, overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff, pall, ravage, raven, ruin, ruinate, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shipwreck, slake, stuff, supersaturate, surfeit, swallow, swallow up, swill, swill down, throw into disorder, unleash destruction, unleash the hurricane, upheave, vandalize, vaporize, waste, wolf, wolf down, wrack, wreak havoc, wreck |
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