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The meaning of Engorge

Engorge – definition

verb

Cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid.

Usage examples:

The river was engorged by a day-long deluge
verb

Eat to excess.

Usage examples:

You touch not one dish, leaving them afterwards for your servants to engorge themselves therewith

Engorge translation into English

Engorge: translate from English into Chinese

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充血

Engorge: translate from English into Dutch

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Volgezogen, Verslinden

Engorge: translate from English into French

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Engorger, Croquer

Engorge: translate from English into German

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Anschwellen, Schwellen

Engorge: translate from English into Hindi

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लालच से खाना, निगलना, ठूँसे जाना, किसी अवयव में रक्त का जम जाना

Engorge: translate from English into Italian

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Ingorghi, Ingozzare

Engorge: translate from English into Korean

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마구 먹다, 충혈시키다

Engorge: translate from English into Russian

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Набухать, Поглощать, Наливаться кровью, Объедаться, Жадно и много есть, Проглатывать

Engorge: translate from English into Spanish

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Engullir, Realizar un engullo

Word origin

late 15th century (in the sense ‘gorge; eat or fill to excess’): from Old French engorgier ‘feed to excess’, from en- ‘into’ + gorge ‘throat’.

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