verb
definition
To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
definition
To feed ravenously.
definition
To fill excessively with a body liquid, especially blood.
adjective
definition
Overly filled with fluid; used especially of blood vessels.
Examples of engorged in a Sentence
They seize hold of the first that brushes by, and crawling to a suitable place become engorged with blood.
A surgical operation is sometimes undertaken with success for enabling the engorged veins to empty themselves into the blood-stream in a manner so as to avoid the liver-route.
The substance of the brain, spinal cord and nervetrunks is normal, but the membranes are engorged.
After they were too engorged to get into their lair again, the Storm-god, accompanied by the other gods, killed him.
A bubo is found to consist of a chain of enlarged glands, surrounded by a mass of engorged connective tissue, coagulated blood and serum.
Measuring for a nursing bra a week or so after giving birth may be a bad idea because your breasts are most likely engorged during this period.
Power fabric panels-These fabric panels provide added support, a necessity as breasts become engorged with milk.
A child should see a doctor if an attached tick is found that is engorged with blood (usually indicating attachment for more than six hours).
The film is classic for numerous reasons, including the most well known scene where Big Jim becomes so engorged with hunger that he begins to eat a boot as if it were a steak and spagetti.
The lungs are engorged and oedematous, and often show haemorrhages.
The surrounding tissue is not engorged or oedematous.