gorge
1 Americannoun
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a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
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a small canyon.
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a gluttonous meal.
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something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach.
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an obstructing mass.
an ice gorge.
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the seam formed at the point where the lapel meets the collar of a jacket or coat.
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Fortification. the rear entrance or part of a bastion or similar outwork.
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Also called gorge hook. a primitive type of fishhook consisting of a piece of stone or bone with sharpened ends and a hole or groove in the center for fastening a line.
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the throat; gullet.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
idioms
noun
noun
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a deep ravine, esp one through which a river runs
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the contents of the stomach
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feelings of disgust or resentment (esp in the phrase one's gorge rises )
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an obstructing mass
an ice gorge
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fortifications
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a narrow rear entrance to a work
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the narrow part of a bastion or outwork
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archaic the throat or gullet
verb
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(intr) falconry (of hawks) to eat until the crop is completely full
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to swallow (food) ravenously
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(tr) to stuff (oneself) with food
Other Word Forms
- gorgeable adjective
- gorgedly adverb
- gorger noun
Etymology
Origin of gorge
First recorded in 1325–75; (verb) Middle English, from Old French gorger, derivative of gorge “throat,” from unattested Vulgar Latin gorga, akin to Latin gurguliō “gullet, throat,” gurges “whirlpool, eddy”
Example Sentences
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It’s there that the baleen filter feeders spend the summer gorging on tiny crustaceans from the muddy bottom of the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort seas, creating shallow pits or potholes in the process.
From Los Angeles Times
Then there’s a gorge in between and it’s filled with all these, like, monster people that are trying to get them.
From MarketWatch
He approves of credit, too, despite the human proclivity to alternately gorge and fast on loans and bonds and mortgages.
These networks will gorge themselves during the feast years, then adapt to leaner times, remaining profitable, just not explosive.
From MarketWatch
For food, families often gorge themselves on special "Party Barrels" bursting with chicken, an array of side dishes and a dessert -- such as ice cream or cheesecake -- stored at the bottom in a separate compartment.
From Barron's
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