1. engorj'. To swallow; ; to devour; to gorge; properly, to swallow with greediness, or in large quantities.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food.
Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.
2. Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.
2. An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion.
3. The clogging of a blast furnace.
Reception Roget’s Thesaurus §296
N. reception, admission, admittance, entree, importation, introduction, intromission, immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation, suction, sucking, eating, drinking, insertion, interjection, introit
V. give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree, introduce, intromit, usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in, let in, take in, suck in, draw in, readmit, resorb, reabsorb, snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate, engulf, engorge, gulp, eat, drink
Adj. admitting, admitted, admissable, absorbent
Gluttony Roget’s Thesaurus §957
N. gluttony, greed, avarice, greediness, # voracity, epicurism, good living, high living, edacity, gulosity, crapulence, guttling, guzzling, pantophagy, good cheer, blow out, feast, gastronomy, batterie de cuisine, epicure, bon vivant, gourmand, glutton, cormorant, hog, belly god, apicius, gastronome, gourmet, 868, v, gormandize, gorge, overgorge, overeat oneself, engorge, eat one's fill, cram, stuff, guttle, guzzle, bolt, devour, gobble up, gulp, raven, eat out of house and home, have the stomach of an ostrich, play a good knife and fork, pamper
Adj. gluttonous, greedy, gormandizing, edacious, omnivorous, crapulent, swinish, avaricious, selfish, pampered, overfed, overgorged
Phr. jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit
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