gorge
gorge definition
gorge (gôrj)
noun
- the throat or gullet
- the crop or stomach of a hawk
- the maw or stomach of a voracious being or animal
- food or a meal to fill or stuff the stomach
- the contents of the stomach
- a feeling of disgust, anger, etc. it made my gorge rise
- the entrance from the rear into a bastion or projecting section of a fortification
- a deep, narrow pass between steep heights
- ☆ a mass that blocks up a passage
Etymology: ME < OFr, throat, gullet < LL *gurga, throat, narrow pass, for L gurges, whirlpool < IE base *gwer-, to swallow up > L vorare
transitive verb
- to fill the gorge of; glut
- to swallow greedily
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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