disgorge
verb /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/
/dɪsˈɡɔːrdʒ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they disgorge | /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/ /dɪsˈɡɔːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it disgorges | /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒɪz/ /dɪsˈɡɔːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple disgorged | /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒd/ /dɪsˈɡɔːrdʒd/ |
| past participle disgorged | /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒd/ /dɪsˈɡɔːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form disgorging | /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒɪŋ/ /dɪsˈɡɔːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- disgorge something to pour something out in large quantities
- The pipe disgorges sewage into the sea.
- disgorge somebody/something if a vehicle or building disgorges people, they come out of it in large numbers
- The bus disgorged a crowd of noisy children.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French desgorger, from des- (expressing removal) + gorge ‘throat’.