engorge

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All collected specimens were engorged, showing they had fed enough to significantly increase their size.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

Officers in Lake Del Valle, California airlifted a woman to safety after she drove into an engorged creek.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

Tropical Storm Hilary engorged the waterway, usually just a dawdling stream during the summer, widening its banks from 15 to 100 feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Bieleski lives in the town of Lajeado, which was badly hit by floodwaters from the engorged Taquari river.

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2023

The sun hung low on the horizon, crimson as though engorged with blood.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros