English Dictionary

engorge

/ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ/

verb

(transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut. / (intransitive) To feed ravenously. / (pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.

The hungry lion will engorge the fresh kill.

意味（1）

(transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.

One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To feed ravenously.

Greedily she engorged without restraint

意味（3）

(pathology) To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.