MEANING
1. To fill or become swollen with fluid or another substance beyond the usual state.
2. To eat excessively or fill oneself greedily with food.
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Words that belong together
- engorged vein
- engorge with blood
On the page
Blood engorged the narrow vessels beneath the skin.
The tissue engorged with fluid until the stitches tightened.
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Word forms
- Base
- engorge
- Past tense
- engorged
- Past participle
- engorged
- Present participle
- engorging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- engorge
- Present continuous
- am/is/are engorging
- Present perfect
- have/has engorged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been engorging
- Past
- engorged
- Past continuous
- was/were engorging
- Past perfect
- had engorged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been engorging
- Future
- will engorge
- Future continuous
- will be engorging
- Future perfect
- will have engorged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been engorging
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: engorge; engorges; engorged; engorged; engorging Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: engorges.
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