gorge

[Gorge]

A gorge is a very deep crevice between two mountains or hills. Gorges are formed by rivers running through and eroding rock over a very long period of time.

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The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.

Noun
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

Noun
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

Noun
a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)

Verb
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"


n.
The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.

n.
A narrow passage or entrance

n.
A defile between mountains.

n.
The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.

n.
That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.

n.
A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.

n.
A concave molding; a cavetto.

n.
The groove of a pulley.

n.
To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.

n.
To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.

v. i.
To eat greedily and to satiety.


Gorge

Gorge , n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass, and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g'f0 to devour. Cf. Gorget.] 1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.
Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.
2. A narrow passage or entrance; as: (a) A defile between mountains. (b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion. 3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.
And all the way, most like a brutish beast,< e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river. 5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. Gwilt. 6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley. Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross section of a hyperboloid of revolution. -- Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. Knight.

Gorge

Gorge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gorged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gorging .] [F. gorger. See Gorge, n.] 1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
The fish has gorged the hook.
2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
The giant gorged with flesh.
Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.

Gorge

Gorge, v. i. To eat greedily and to satiety. Milton.

The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.

To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.

To eat greedily and to satiety.

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