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
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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
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
gorging 1 of 2
adjective
as in devouring
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- devouring
- gobbling
- gulping
- gormandizing
- gluttonous
- ravenous
- insatiable
- starving
- wolfish
- hearty
- hungry
- starved
- voracious
- greedy
- unquenchable
- piggish
- famished
- swinish
- rapacious
- hoggish
- peckish
- esurient
- edacious
- unslakable
- malnourished
- underfed
- undernourished
- empty
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- stuffed
- full
- satisfied
- content
- satiated
- sated
- glutted
gorging
2 of 2verb
1
as in stuffing
to fill with food to capacity we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving Synonyms & Similar Words
- stuffing
- glutting
- feasting
- gobbling
- filling
- sating
- cramming
- surfeiting
- gulping
- guzzling
- gormandizing
- regaling
- banqueting
- cloying
- pigging out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- fasting
- dieting
2
as in feasting
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
- feasting
- overeating
- swilling
- devouring
- gormandizing
- glutting
- wolfing
- pigging out
- gulping
- stuffing
- sating
- surfeiting
- loading up on
- guzzling
- banqueting
- regaling
- cramming
- bolting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- picking
- tasting
- nibbling
- pecking
3
as in inhaling
to swallow or eat greedily the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat Synonyms & Similar Words
- devouring
- inhaling
- gulping
- gobbling
- scarfing
- scoffing
- wolfing
- glutting
- cramming
- ravening
- slopping
- overeating
- gormandizing
- swilling
- bolting
- ingurgitating
- pigging out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- picking
- nibbling
- pecking