gorged

American

[gawrjd] / gɔrdʒd /

adjective

Heraldry.

(of a beast) represented wearing something about the neck in the manner of a collar.

a lion gules gorged with a collar or.

Other Word Forms

ungorged adjective

Etymology

Origin of gorged

First recorded in 1600–10; gorge ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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January tends to come with a slowdown in spending after consumers have gorged on shopping for the holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Nancy has gone to three at the back, and with three left-footers, which is something that Derek McInnes gorged on at Tynecastle.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Exasperated from not being able to elicit a clear, resounding “Yes!” from him, I hung up and gorged on my nuggets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

We stopped at Eits Cafe, where we gorged on tender saltfish fritters, warming pumpkin ginger soup and sticky, delicious, caramelized-plantain crepes while looking out across the misty mountains, surrounded by the buzz of swallowtail hummingbirds.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Coming in from his work, he gorged himself on fried food and went to bed and to sleep in the resulting torpor.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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