engorge
12 synonyms for engorge, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To eat something quickly and greedily.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Taken from French engorger, which itself came from Old French engorgier. Webster's dictionary of 1913 records the archaic spellings ingorge and ingorg, both now regarded as misspellings.
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