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gouge1 verbgouge2 noun gougegouge1 /ɡaʊdʒ/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEgouge |
Present | I, you, we, they | gouge | | he, she, it | gouges | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gouged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gouged | | he, she, it | has gouged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gouged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gouge | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gouged |
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Present | I | am gouging | | he, she, it | is gouging | | you, we, they | are gouging | Past | I, he, she, it | was gouging | | you, we, they | were gouging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gouging | | he, she, it | has been gouging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gouging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gouging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gouging |
- Bombs from the B-52s gouged huge craters in the downtown area.
- Hotels are ready to gouge Olympic visitors by raising room prices.
- In the play he tries to gouge out his own eyes.
- The blade gouged a deep wound in her leg.
- A metal object was used to gouge a deep wound in the animal's forehead.
- Both were known for gouging the public and giving inferior service.
- But some lawmakers who also testified accused the banks of gouging customers.
- For a few moments he stood very still, imagining himself kicking and gouging.
- He must have been gouging for half an hour when an idea seemed to strike him.
- Juanito screamed, falling, hands gouging for Trent's throat.
- She watched his fingers gouging into the smooth, stinking mud, the bottom.
to remove something by cutting► cut off to cut part of something away from the rest of it: cut off something: · Cut off the stalks of the broccoli.cut something off: · She took the cheese and cut a big piece off. ► chop off to cut something off by hitting it hard or cutting it with a sharp tool: chop off something: · Chop off the tops of the carrots.chop something off: · Careful you don't chop your fingers off! ► snip off to quickly remove something using scissors: snip something off/snip off something: · Snip the ends of the beans off before you cook them.· After the plant finishes blooming, snip off the dead flowers. ► lop off to cut a part of something off, especially a branch of a tree: lop off something/lop something off: · Workmen have lopped off some of the branches in an effort to save the tree. ► amputate to cut off someone's arm, leg, or foot as a medical operation: · He damaged his leg so badly that it had to be amputated. ► sever to cut off a part of someone's body in an accident or an attack: · The victim's head had been severed in the accident. ► gouge somebody's eyes out to remove someone's eyes with a pointed weapon or object: gouge somebody's eyes out/gouge out somebody's eyes: · McLaren accused Roberts of trying to gouge his eyes out during the fight. to make a hole in the ground or surface of something► hollow out to make a space by removing the inside part of something: hollow out something/hollow something out: · Carefully hollow out the pineapple and then fill it with the ice-cream. ► dig out British to make a hole in the ground using a tool that is made for digging: · To plant the tree you need to dig out a hole about 20 cm wide and 30 cm deep.· The workmen were already digging out the foundations for the building. ► gouge to make a deep cut in a surface, using something sharp, especially in order to remove something: · The blade gouged a deep wound in her leg.gouge out something/gouge something out (=remove something by violently cutting a hole): · In the play he tries to gouge out his own eyes. ► prick to make a very small hole in something, especially accidentally, using something pointed such as a pin: · A small bead of blood formed where she had pricked her finger.· Prick the potatoes before baking them. ► drill to make a narrow hole in something using a tool that turns round and round very quickly: · I heard the dentist start drilling, but I couldn't feel anything.drill for oil/water/gas etc: · Oil companies still drill for oil off Santa Barbara.drill into: · It sounds like someone's drilling into the wall. ► bore to make a hole in a hard surface such as rock or the ground using a lot of pressure, especially in order to find or remove minerals, coal etc: · The mining company bored a 5000 foot hole.· The machine they used to bore the tunnel is the size of a two storey house.bore into/through: · They had to bore through solid rock. ► dent to accidentally hit the surface of something, especially something metal, so that part of the surface is bent or slightly lower than the rest: · He accidentally dented the garage door, trying to reverse in. ADVERB► out· She concentrated on her potato, gouging out its deep black eye with the serrated tip of her knife.· He told us it was for gouging out guerrilla eyes. ► gouge somebody’s eyes out- McLaren accused Roberts of trying to gouge his eyes out during the fight.
- I just wanted to gouge his eyes out.
to make a deep hole or cut in the surface of something: He took a knife and gouged a hole in the bottom of the boat.gouge something ↔ out phrasal verb1to form a hole, space etc by digging into a surface and removing material, or to remove material by digginggouge out of A rough road had been gouged out of the rock. Every week 30,000 tonnes of slate are gouged out of the mountains.2gouge somebody’s eyes out to remove someone’s eyes with a pointed weapongouge1 verbgouge2 noun gougegouge2 noun [countable] gouge2Origin: 1400-1500 French, Late Latin gulbia - A gouge in environment is likely to attract future gouges.
- Cogelow gouges don't conform to any of the standard shapes or numbering systems.
- He tinkered with infinity and the impossible with a burin and a gouge.
- He used small gouges to carve little tufts of fur with long, controlled strokes, following the marked lines.
- To shape the generous indentation, the wood was taken out gradually with a deep oval gouge.
a hole or cut made in something, usually by a sharp tool or weapon |