gorge

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A woman gorges herself on pie.

noun

The definition of a gorge is the narrow valley in between steep hills or cliffs.
An example of a gorge is the Niagara Gorge.

verb

To gorge is defined as to consume or take too much of something, especially food.
An example of gorge is when you eat an entire pie and cake all by yourself.

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gorge

Archaic the throat or gullet
the crop or stomach of a hawk
1. the maw or stomach of a voracious being or animal
2. food or a meal to fill or stuff the stomach
3. the contents of the stomach: often used fig. in such phrases as make one's gorge rise, to sicken, disgust, or anger one
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

Origin of gorge

Middle English from OFr, throat, gullet from Late Latin an unverified form gurga, throat, narrow pass, for Classical Latin gurges, whirlpool from Indo-European base an unverified form gwer-, to swallow up from source Classical Latin vorare

intransitive verb

gorged, gorg′ing

to eat gluttonously

to fill the gorge of; glut
to swallow greedily

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gorge

noun

A deep narrow valley with steep rocky sides; a ravine.
A narrow entrance into the outwork of a fortification.
The throat; the gullet: The gory sight made my gorge rise.
The crop of a hawk.
An instance of gluttonous eating.
The contents of the stomach; something swallowed.
A mass obstructing a narrow passage: a shipping lane blocked by an ice gorge.
The seam on the front of a coat or jacket where the lapel and the collar are joined.

verb

gorged, gorg·ing, gorg·es

verb

transitive

To stuff with food; glut: gorged themselves with candy.
To devour greedily.

verb

intransitive

To eat gluttonously.

Origin of gorge

Middle English throat from Old French from Late Latin gurga perhaps from Latin gurges whirlpool, abyss

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gorg′er
noun

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A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, often with a stream flowing through it. Gorges are smaller and narrower than canyons and are often a part of a canyon.

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Noun

(plural gorges)

A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine.
The throat or gullet.
That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.
A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction.
an ice gorge in a river
(architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
(nautical) The groove of a pulley.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present gorges, present participle gorging, simple past and past participle gorged)

(reflexive, often followed by on) To eat greedily and in large quantities.
They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake.
To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin gurga.

Adjective

(UK, slang) Gorgeous.
Oh, look at him: isn't he gorge?

Origin

Shortened from gorgeous.

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gorge - Medical Definition

n.

The throat; the gullet.
The crop of a hawk.
An instance of gluttonous eating.
The contents of the stomach; something swallowed.

v.

To eat gluttonously or devour greedily.

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gorg′er
n.

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