gorge
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈgȯrj 
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
2 of 3verb
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
3 of 3noun (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
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
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
Phrases Containing gorge
Kids Definition
gorge 1 of 2
noun
ˈgȯrj
: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
gorge
2 of 2verb
gorged; gorging
: to eat greedily
gorges 1 of 2
noun
as in ravines
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage walked the bridge over the gorge, marveling at the spectacular drop Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- ravines
- canyons
- valleys
- gaps
- gulches
- passes
- saddles
- defiles
- cols
- abysses
- flumes
- couloirs
- kloofs
- crevices
- notches
- linns
- glens
- chasms
- gulfs
- fissures
- crevasses
- cirques
- gills
- clefts
- cañons
- trenches
- basins
- vales
- hollows
- dales
- gullies
- dells
- combes
- coulees
- gutters
- arroyos
- floodplains
- kettles
- gulleys
- wadis
- barrancas
- troughs
- coombes
- washes
- coombs
- cwms
- nullahs
- draws
- shut-ins
- barrancos
gorges
2 of 2verb
1
as in stuffs
to fill with food to capacity we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving Synonyms & Similar Words
- stuffs
- feasts
- gluts
- surfeits
- sates
- fills
- gobbles
- crams
- cloys
- gulps
- banquets
- guzzles
- gormandizes
- pigs out
- regales
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- diets
- fasts
2
as in feasts
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
- feasts
- swills
- overeats
- gormandizes
- gluts
- devours
- pigs out
- banquets
- surfeits
- gulps
- stuffs
- wolfs
- loads up on
- sates
- guzzles
- regales
- bolts
- crams
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- tastes
- picks
- nibbles
- pecks
3
as in devours
to swallow or eat greedily the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat Synonyms & Similar Words
- devours
- inhales
- gulps
- slops
- gobbles
- scarfs
- ravens
- gluts
- crams
- wolfs
- scoffs
- gormandizes
- ingurgitates
- bolts
- swills
- overeats
- pigs out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- pecks
- picks
- nibbles