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

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engorge

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Source Word

engorge

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ/

Verb

transitive intransitive

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）むさぼり食べる、貪り喰らう / （自動詞）むさぼり食う、激しく食欲を示す / （病理学）特に血液などの体液で過度に満たす、充血する

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The starving villagers engorge the roasted lamb, tearing at it with frantic hands.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

飢えた村人たちは焼いた羊肉をむさぼり食べ、必死の手つきで引き裂いた。

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(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.

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