engorges
Swells with excess
Engorges is the third-person singular form of engorge, meaning to fill to excess with blood or other fluid.
Blood vessels engorge during arousal or inflammation.
The word extends to overfilling generally: The tick engorges itself on blood.
Something that engorges swells or distends from being overfull.
Swells from internal pressure
- bloatsSwells from fluid or gas
- inflatesFills with gas
- expandsIncreases in volume
- bulgesOutward swellings or projections
dilates · puffs · enlarges · turgid · tumescent · balloons · protrudes · swells
distends
Swells from internal pressure
bulges · dilates · puffs · enlarges · turgid · tumescent · balloons · protrudes · swells · congests
stuffs
Fills by pressing in
wolfs · guzzles · feasts · binges · overeats · crams · sates · fills · ingests · bolts
congests
Overfills to obstruction
pulses · throbs · rushes · reddens · vessels · capillaries · erectile · vasodilation · hyperemia · circulation
overflows
Exceeds capacity and spills
overfills · floods · overwhelms · inundates · bursting · brimming · overloaded · stuffed · packed · crammed