engorged

en·gorge  (n-gôrj)

v. en·gorged, en·gorg·ing, en·gorg·es

v.tr.

1. To devour greedily.

2. To gorge; glut.

3. To fill to excess, as with blood or other fluid.

v.intr.

To feed ravenously.

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[French engorger, from Old French engorgier : en-, in; see en-¹ + gorge, throat; see gorge.]

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en·gorgement n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

engorged - overfull as with blood congested full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"

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engorged

adjective swollen, filled, enlarged, inflamed, bloated, puffy, puffed up, distended, tumescent, oedematous, tumid The tissues in the womb become engorged with blood.

Translations

engorged [ɪnˈgɔːdʒd] ADJ → dilatado, hinchado
to become engorged → dilatarse, hincharse

engorged [ɪnˈgɔː^rdʒd] adj (= swollen) → gonflé(e)
engorged with blood → congestionné(e), gonflé(e) de sang

engorged

adj → angeschwollen; something is engorged with blood → in etw (dat) → staut sich das Blut; the blood vessels that allow the penis to become engorged → die Blutgefäße, die den Penis anschwellen lassen