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单词 gorged
释义

gorge

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noun (1)

ˈgȯrj How to pronounce gorge (audio)
1
: a narrow passage through land
especially : a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
2
: throat
often used with rise to indicate revulsion accompanied by a sensation of constriction
My gorge rises at the sight of blood.
3
a
: a hawk's crop
b
: stomach, belly
4
: the entrance into an outwork (such as a bastion) of a fort
5
: a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (such as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject
6
: a mass choking a passage
a river dammed by an ice gorge
7
: the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar

gorge

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verb

gorged; gorging

intransitive verb

: to eat greedily or to repletion
also : to partake of something in large amounts
gorging on books

transitive verb

1
a
: to stuff to capacity : glut
b
: to fill completely or to the point of distension
veins gorged with blood
2
: to consume greedily
gorger noun

gorge

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noun (2)

: the act or an instance of gorging

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • canyon
  • cañon
  • col
  • couloir
  • defile
  • flume
  • gap
  • gill [British]
  • gulch
  • gulf
  • kloof [South African]
  • linn [chiefly Scottish]
  • notch
  • pass
  • ravine
  • saddle

Verb

  • cram
  • glut
  • sate
  • stuff
  • surfeit
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Example Sentences

Verb We gorged on chips and cookies. We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1), Verb, and Noun (2)

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin gurga, alteration of gurges, from Latin, whirlpool — more at voracious

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun (2)

1854, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

gorge 1 of 2

noun

ˈgȯrj How to pronounce gorge (audio)
: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon

gorge

2 of 2

verb

gorged; gorging
: to eat greedily

gorged 1 of 2

adjective

as in glutted

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • glutted
  • overfed
  • sated
  • stuffed
  • overstuffed
  • satiated
  • surfeited
  • replete
  • overfull
  • satiate
  • full

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • hungry
  • starved
  • starving
  • empty
  • famished
  • undernourished
  • underfed
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gorged

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verb

past tense of gorge
1
as in stuffed
to fill with food to capacity we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • stuffed
  • glutted
  • surfeited
  • sated
  • feasted
  • filled
  • crammed
  • gobbled
  • cloyed
  • guzzled
  • regaled
  • gulped
  • banqueted
  • gormandized
  • pigged out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fasted
  • dieted
2
as in feasted
to eat greedily or to excess the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • feasted
  • swilled
  • overate
  • glutted
  • devoured
  • surfeited
  • sated
  • stuffed
  • wolfed
  • pigged out
  • gormandized
  • banqueted
  • gulped
  • regaled
  • loaded up on
  • guzzled
  • crammed
  • bolted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tasted
  • picked
  • nibbled
  • pecked
3
as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • devoured
  • inhaled
  • gulped
  • gobbled
  • crammed
  • glutted
  • scarfed
  • wolfed
  • scoffed
  • slopped
  • bolted
  • swilled
  • ravened
  • overate
  • gormandized
  • ingurgitated
  • pigged out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • picked
  • nibbled
  • pecked
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