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ENGORGEMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

engorge (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Congestion with blood

Example:

engorgement of the breast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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