Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense gorges, present participle gorging, past tense, past participle gorged
1. countable noun
A gorge is a deep, narrow valley with very steep sides, usually where a river passes through mountains or an area of hard rock.
Synonyms: ravine, canyon, pass, clough [dialect] More Synonyms of gorge
2. verb
If you gorge on something or gorgeyourself on it, you eat lots of it in a very greedy way.
I could spend each day gorging on chocolate. [VERB + on]
...teenagers gorging themselves on ice-cream sundaes. [V pron-refl + on]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: overeat, bolt, devour, gobble More Synonyms of gorge
More Synonyms of gorge
gorge in British English
(ɡɔːdʒ)
noun
1.
a deep ravine, esp one through which a river runs
2.
the contents of the stomach
3.
feelings of disgust or resentment (esp in the phrase one's gorge rises)
4.
an obstructing mass
an ice gorge
5. fortifications
a.
a narrow rear entrance to a work
b.
the narrow part of a bastion or outwork
6. archaic
the throat or gullet
verb also: engorge
7. (intransitive) falconry
(of hawks) to eat until the crop is completely full
8.
to swallow (food) ravenously
9. (transitive)
to stuff (oneself) with food
Derived forms
gorgeable (ˈgorgeable)
adjective
gorger (ˈgorger)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Old French gorger to stuff, from gorge throat, from Late Latin gurga, modification of Latin gurges whirlpool
gorge in American English
(gɔrdʒ)
noun
1.
the throat or gullet
2.
the crop or stomach of a hawk
3.
a.
the maw or stomach of a voracious being or animal
b.
food or a meal to fill or stuff the stomach
c.
the contents of the stomach
4.
a feeling of disgust, anger, etc.
it made my gorge rise
5.
the entrance from the rear into a bastion or projecting section of a fortification
6.
a deep, narrow pass between steep heights
7. US
a mass that blocks up a passage
verb intransitiveWord forms: gorged or ˈgorging
8.
to eat gluttonously
verb transitive
9.
to fill the gorge of; glut
10.
to swallow greedily
Word origin
ME < OFr, throat, gullet < LL *gurga, throat, narrow pass, for L gurges, whirlpool < IE base *gwer-, to swallow up > L vorare
Examples of 'gorge' in a sentence
gorge
It curbs the urges sufferers have as they swing between gorging on food and starving or vomiting.
The Sun (2017)
The owners knew that after a few days of gorging no one would be that keen anymore to nab some.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But continuous gorging on food triggers a decrease in free radicals.
The Sun (2011)
Passing through deep red gorges we see ripples in the sandstone.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The braying of donkeys echoes along the narrow gorge in the dawn.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
It was a beautiful piece of land with a deep river gorge and wild animals.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We climbed up old logging and mining tracks on foot along steep gorges and clear mountain streams.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Everybody who truly loves food knows gorging on just one or two dishes in a good restaurant is a travesty.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's a blissful journey through peaceful forest and incredible limestone gorges.
The Sun (2012)
He would gorge on Thai food after leaving his secret subterranean family to starve on meagre rations.
The Sun (2008)
As the rains crashed down, ferocious torrents swept along swollen rivers and through narrow gorges.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
After four hours afloat, the gorge narrowed to some two hundred yards.
Hyland, Paul Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent (1994)
A deep gorge had sliced down through the valley floor and left a shelf hanging on either side.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
As we entered the narrow gorge, the air filled with the aromas of wild rosemary and thyme from the mountain scrub below.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A narrow gorge lay ahead yet the horse thrashed on in agony as if some raging monster tagged close behind her heels.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
We cannot allow our young people to become malnourished, squandering their childhood and vitality hunched over computer consoles and gorging on junk food.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Wow factor: paddling down the river with gorge walls towering 1,000ft above your head.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Years ago a pastor attending Marble Retreat was trying to climb out of the deep gorge of despair.
Christianity Today (2000)
Why, when she is gorging on fast food and takeaways to the tune of 120 per week?
The Sun (2014)
It tumbles through steep gorges and follows a course through affluent Cheshire towns and countryside before its confluence with the Mersey.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The mountains are colossal, cut by the deepest gorges and drained by steep, rushing rivers in chaotic beds of boulders.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But the food is so incredible in Goa I find myself gorging on the stuff.
The Sun (2012)
In other languages
gorge
British English: gorge NOUN
A gorge is a deep, narrow valley with very steep sides, usually where a river passes through mountains or an area of hard rock.
...the deep gorge between these hills.
American English: gorge
Brazilian Portuguese: desfiladeiro
Chinese: 峡谷
European Spanish: garganta
French: gorge
German: Schlucht
Italian: gola
Japanese: 峡谷
Korean: 협곡
European Portuguese: desfiladeiro
Latin American Spanish: garganta
British English: gorge VERB
If you gorge on something or gorge yourself on it, you eat lots of it in a very greedy way.
I could spend each day gorging on chocolate.
American English: gorge
Brazilian Portuguese: devorar
Chinese: 狼吞虎咽
European Spanish: atracarse
French: se gaver
German: verschlingen
Italian: rimpinzarsi
Japanese: ガツガツ食べる
Korean: 잔뜩 먹다
European Portuguese: devorar
Latin American Spanish: atracarse
Chinese translation of 'gorge'
gorge
(ɡɔːdʒ)
n(c)
(= valley) 峡(峽)谷 (xiágǔ) (条(條), tiáo)
vt
to gorge o.s. (on sth)狼吞虎咽(嚥)(吃某物) (láng tūn hǔ yàn (chī mǒuwù))
(noun)
Definition
a deep narrow steep-sided valley
a steep path into Crete's Samaria Gorge
Synonyms
ravine
The bus is said to have overturned and fallen into a ravine.
canyon
This trail leads down into the canyon.
pass
The monastery is in a remote mountain pass.
clough (dialect)
chasm
The chasm was deep and its sides almost vertical.
cleft
a narrow cleft in the rocks too small for a human to squeeze through
fissure
There was a great crack, and a fissure opened up.
defile
gulch (US, Canadian)
The hikers followed their guide down into the gulch.
1 (verb)
Definition
to eat greedily
I could spend all day gorging on chocolate.
Synonyms
overeat
Adequate fibre intake also helps you to stop snacking and overeating.
bolt
Don't bolt your food.
devour
She devoured half an apple pie.
gobble
He gobbled all the beef stew.
wolf
I was in the changing room wolfing down tea and sandwiches.
swallow
He poured himself a glass of water and swallowed it down.
raven
gulp
She quickly gulped her tea.
guzzle
She had been guzzling lemonade all evening.
pig out (slang)
gormandize
2 (verb)
Definition
to eat greedily
Three men were gorging themselves on grouse and watermelon.
Synonyms
stuff
wallets stuffed with dollars
fill
They filled themselves with chocolate cake.
feed
cram
glut
The pond was glutted with fish.
surfeit
satiate
There is enough fruit to satiate several children.