engorges

Most foie gras is produced through a process known as gavage; ducks are force-fed a fatty corn-based mixture that engorges their livers.

We’d been talking about grief taboos and, of course, the subject of sex engorges the laughter of our conversation.

In second-impact syndrome, however, the arterioles malfunction, dilating and opening a flood that engorges the brain.

Instead, it engorges the coffers of the state.

The changing face as a deer tick engorges.