Adjective

(en adjective)

Put into a package.

Filled with a large number or large quantity of something.

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(colloquial) Filled to capacity with people.

Adjective

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With a stomach stuffed full of food.

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*:Gorged nearly to the uttermost when he entered the restaurant, the smell of food had almost caused him to lose his honor as a gentleman, but he rallied like a true knight.

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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"

(lb) With the neck collared or encircled by an object.