engorge
Fill beyond capacity
To engorge is to fill to excess, especially with blood or fluid.
Body parts become engorged when swollen with blood: engorged veins, engorged breasts during nursing.
The word suggests distension from internal pressure.
Less commonly, engorge means to gorge oneself—to eat greedily until overfull.
Ticks engorge on blood; the glutton engorges at the buffet.
Swell abnormally
- distendEnlarge by pressure within
- inflateFill with gas
- dilateWiden or expand
- bulgeOutward curved projection
balloon · puff · enlarge · turgid · tumescent · edema · swelling · turgor
Soak to full capacity
- stuffUnspecified items collectively
- cramForce into tight space
- packGroup or compress
- loadCarried weight or burden
brim · overflow · replete · suffuse · imbue · permeate · flood · glut
Eat greedily and fast
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- gobbleEat fast and greedily
- stuffUnspecified items collectively
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
scarf · guzzle · wolf · cram · overeat · binge · glut · satiate
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- erectileCapable of becoming erect
- vasodilatationVessel diameter increase
- tumescenceState of being swollen
- priapismSustained pathological erection
venous · arterial · flush · hyperemia · perfusion · vascular · circulation · pooling
bloat
Swell abnormally
bulge · balloon · puff · enlarge · turgid · tumescent · edema · swelling · turgor · protrude
saturate
Soak to full capacity
load · brim · overflow · replete · suffuse · imbue · permeate · flood · glut · choke
devour
Eat greedily and fast
bolt · scarf · guzzle · wolf · cram · overeat · binge · glut · satiate · overfeed
congestion
Excessive accumulation causing blockage
- erectileCapable of becoming erect
- vasodilatationVessel diameter increase
- tumescenceState of being swollen
priapism · venous · arterial · flush · hyperemia · perfusion · vascular · circulation · pooling · tissue
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink