gorge1
[gawrj]
- a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- a small canyon.
- a gluttonous meal.
- something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach.
- an obstructing mass: an ice gorge.
- the seam formed at the point where the lapel meets the collar of a jacket or coat.
- Fortification. the rear entrance or part of a bastion or similar outwork.
- Also called gorge hook. a primitive type of fishhook consisting of a piece of stone or bone with sharpened ends and a hole or groove in the center for fastening a line.
- the throat; gullet.
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- to stuff with food (usually used reflexively or passively): He gorged himself. They were gorged.
- to swallow, especially greedily.
- to choke up (usually used passively).
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- to eat greedily.
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- make one's gorge rise, to evoke violent anger or strong disgust: The cruelty of war made his gorge rise.
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Origin of gorge1
1325–75; (v.) Middle English < Old French gorger, derivative of gorge throat < Vulgar Latin *gorga, akin to Latin gurguliō gullet, throat, gurges whirlpool, eddy
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Contemporary Examples
Gorging on House of Cards all at once is solitary and over all too soon.
You have taken to gnawing on dried pasta, the only thing left in your larder after days of gorging.
Reduce the chance of gorging on high-calorie snacks because you skipped a meal.
Rather, eating fried chicken showed them getting above their station--gorging on luxury foods.
Instead of gorging on rumors, he would rather see reporters working hard to vet Romney and his positions.
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July 15, 2012
Historical Examples
They've been just gorging chickens this last year—nasty beasts!
The Coryston FamilyMrs. Humphry Ward
The moment there were a few sous in the house they went in gorging.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
Education was largely a process of gorging the memory with information.
The Mind and Its EducationGeorge Herbert Betts
Sunday was a day for gorging in this primitive land, while summer lasted.
A Little Girl in Old QuebecAmanda Millie Douglas
That depends, dear boy, on whether we are frugal, or go on banqueting and gorging.
To Win or to DieGeorge Manville Fenn
gorge
- a deep ravine, esp one through which a river runs
- the contents of the stomach
- feelings of disgust or resentment (esp in the phrase one's gorge rises)
- an obstructing massan ice gorge
- fortifications
- a narrow rear entrance to a work
- the narrow part of a bastion or outwork
- archaic the throat or gullet
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- (intr) falconry (of hawks) to eat until the crop is completely full
- to swallow (food) ravenously
- (tr) to stuff (oneself) with food
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French gorger to stuff, from gorge throat, from Late Latin gurga, modification of Latin gurges whirlpool
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Word Origin and History for gorging
gorge
v.
"eat greedily," c.1300, from Old French gorger, from gorge (see gorge (n.)). Related: Gorged; gorging.
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gorge
n.
mid-14c., "throat," from Old French gorge "throat, bosom," from Late Latin gurges "gullet, throat, jaws," of uncertain origin, probably related to Latin gurgulio "gullet, windpipe," from PIE *gwere- "to swallow." Transferred sense of "deep, narrow valley" was in Old French.
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gorge
[gôrj]
- A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, often with a stream flowing through it. Gorges are smaller and narrower than canyons and are often a part of a canyon.
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