EGAVE

engorgement

About 0.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of swallowing greedily.
  2. noun The process or the condition of becoming engorged, becoming over-filled with fluid.

Similar words

ingurgitation gorge ganneting gorging gulpful glutting guzzling engrossing guttle glutton

Often followed by

of and is in with or may can occurs

Word family

engorge engorged engorgements engorges engorging

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