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ENGORGEMENT

Dictionary entry overview: What does engorgement mean?

• ENGORGEMENT (noun)
The noun ENGORGEMENT has 2 senses:

1. congestion with blood
2. eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation

Familiarity information: ENGORGEMENT used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ENGORGEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Congestion with blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

engorgement of the breast

Hypernyms ("engorgement" is a kind of...):

hyperaemia; hyperemia (increased blood in an organ or other body part)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Eating ravenously or voraciously to satiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("engorgement" is a kind of...):

eating; feeding (the act of consuming food)

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