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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If you're getting engorged, even while weaning slowly, take measures to decrease the engorgement to help prevent a breast infection.
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Wendy Wisner, Health, 13 Apr. 2025
Yet even as the deluge subsides, other uncertainties are emerging, particularly in areas where engorged rivers and other waterways continue to rise.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Wendy Wisner, Health, 13 Apr. 2025
Yet even as the deluge subsides, other uncertainties are emerging, particularly in areas where engorged rivers and other waterways continue to rise.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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“Engorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engorge. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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engorge
verb
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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