engorge


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Synonyms for engorge

to swallow (food or drink) greedily or rapidly in large amounts

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to satisfy to the full or to excess

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Gallagher's lips engorge with potential to speak about anger and jouissance as well as abjection.
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Ruff comes from the Becher school of the hard stare; Mann is a romantic in a southern, To Kill a Mockingbird vein; Sturges specializes in portraits of nude teenage girls that are guaranteed to engorge the adult heterosexual male.
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However, no significant difference was seen in the amount transmitted by mosquitoes allowed to completely engorge compared with mosquitoes allowed to probe only, without engorgement (p>0.05, 95% confidence interval -0.8 to 1.5 [log.sub.10] PFU for the difference in the mean titers).
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It's thought the drug affects the soft nasal tissue in some people and could engorge veins in the nose with blood.
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