If a part of the body is engorged, it has become swollen or filled with a liquid, especially blood. engorged adjective swollen, filled, enlarged, inflamed, bloated, puffy, puffed up, distended, tumescent, oedematous, tumid The tissues in the womb become engorged with blood. to cause something to become filled with blood or another liquid and to swell (= become larger or rounder than normal) be engorged (with something) Once feeding is complete, the tick is engorged.

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Something that is engorged is swollen, usually because it has been filled with a particular fluid. The tissues become engorged with blood.

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