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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The Red Apple Buffet weekend buffet, which claims to be the nation’s largest Polish buffet, which sees an annual migration of Chicago Polish to the Northwest Side around Casimir Pulaski Day (March 2), is so vast, homey and engorging you must, must wear your stretchy pants.
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Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Artificially enlarging their crotch area, either by injecting their genitals with engorging chemicals or stuffing their underwear to create bigger bulges, allows the athletes to alter their suit measurements.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
Because the mother cow was severely engorged, the calf wouldn’t have been able to nurse, prompting Ladd and the ranch hands to saddle horses, ride out into the snow, rope the cow, and milk her.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 Feb. 2026
The trees lose their leaves and the layer of woody tissue just under the bark became engorged with sap as the wounded trees struggled to survive.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
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Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Artificially enlarging their crotch area, either by injecting their genitals with engorging chemicals or stuffing their underwear to create bigger bulges, allows the athletes to alter their suit measurements.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
Because the mother cow was severely engorged, the calf wouldn’t have been able to nurse, prompting Ladd and the ranch hands to saddle horses, ride out into the snow, rope the cow, and milk her.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 Feb. 2026
The trees lose their leaves and the layer of woody tissue just under the bark became engorged with sap as the wounded trees struggled to survive.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Engorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engorge. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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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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