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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Crime gangs engorged by illicit profit think nothing of knocking out hospitals and sending desperate patients elsewhere.
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Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
The more your baby nurses, the more milk is produced, optimally at just the right level to keep your baby full but not engorge your breasts.
—Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 22 July 2024
And, of course, the eruption of a runaway AI capital-investment boom almost the moment stocks bottomed and inflation peaked in late 2022 has engorged the big-cap growth segment of the market, compensating for an abundance of weakness elsewhere.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 13 July 2024
In another chapter, Laing demonstrates how the economics of slavery in the United States engorged the estates of already wealthy British families.
—Naomi Huffman, The Atlantic, 10 July 2024
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Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
The more your baby nurses, the more milk is produced, optimally at just the right level to keep your baby full but not engorge your breasts.
—Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 22 July 2024
And, of course, the eruption of a runaway AI capital-investment boom almost the moment stocks bottomed and inflation peaked in late 2022 has engorged the big-cap growth segment of the market, compensating for an abundance of weakness elsewhere.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 13 July 2024
In another chapter, Laing demonstrates how the economics of slavery in the United States engorged the estates of already wealthy British families.
—Naomi Huffman, The Atlantic, 10 July 2024
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engorge
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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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