gorge

1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈgȯrj

: a narrow passage through land

especially : a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon

: throat

—often used with rise to indicate revulsion accompanied by a sensation of constriction

My gorge rises at the sight of blood.

: a hawk's crop

: stomach, belly

: the entrance into an outwork (such as a bastion) of a fort

: a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (such as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject

: a mass choking a passage

a river dammed by an ice gorge

: the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar

gorge

2 of 3

verb

gorged; gorging

intransitive verb

: to eat greedily or to repletion

also : to partake of something in large amounts

gorging on books

transitive verb

: to stuff to capacity : glut

: to fill completely or to the point of distension

veins gorged with blood

: to consume greedily

gorger noun

gorge

3 of 3

noun (2)

: the act or an instance of gorging

gorge 1 of 2

noun

as in canyon

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage walked the bridge over the gorge, marveling at the spectacular drop

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canyon
ravine
valley
saddle
gulch
gap
pass
col
defile
couloir
cañon
flume
abyss
kloof
gulf
glen
crevice
chasm
notch
crevasse
trench
fissure
cleft
linn
gill
cirque
basin
vale
coulee
dale
combe
hollow
gully
wadi
gutter
coombe
arroyo
dell
barranca
trough
barranco
wash
cwm
floodplain
kettle
gulley
coomb
nullah
draw
shut-in

gorge

2 of 2

verb

as in to stuff

to fill with food to capacity we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving

Synonyms & Similar Words

stuff
feast
glut
sate
gobble
fill
surfeit
gormandize
cram
guzzle
pig out
banquet
gulp
cloy
regale

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

diet
fast

as in to feast

to eat greedily or to excess the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating

Synonyms & Similar Words

feast
gormandize
overeat
pig out
swill
wolf
devour
load up on
glut
banquet
sate
stuff
gulp
surfeit
guzzle
regale
bolt
cram

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

taste
pick
nibble
peck

as in to devour

to swallow or eat greedily the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat

Synonyms & Similar Words

devour
inhale
gobble
wolf
gulp
scarf
gormandize
raven
slop
scoff
cram
glut
ingurgitate
bolt
overeat
swill
pig out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

pick
nibble
peck

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of gorge are cloy, glut, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

The words cloy and gorge can be used in similar contexts, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

Although the words glut and gorge have much in common, glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

While in some cases nearly identical to gorge, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel

readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

While the synonyms surfeit and gorge are close in meaning, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

单词	gorge
释义	gorge 1 of 3 noun (1) ˈgȯrj 1 : a narrow passage through land especially : a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon 2 : throat —often used with rise to indicate revulsion accompanied by a sensation of constriction My gorge rises at the sight of blood. 3 a : a hawk's crop b : stomach, belly 4 : the entrance into an outwork (such as a bastion) of a fort 5 : a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (such as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject 6 : a mass choking a passage a river dammed by an ice gorge 7 : the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar gorge 2 of 3 verb gorged; gorging intransitive verb : to eat greedily or to repletion also : to partake of something in large amounts gorging on books transitive verb 1 a : to stuff to capacity : glut b : to fill completely or to the point of distension veins gorged with blood 2 : to consume greedily gorger noun gorge 3 of 3 noun (2) : the act or an instance of gorging Synonyms Noun (1) canyon cañon col couloir defile flume gap gill [British] gulch gulf kloof [South African] linn [chiefly Scottish] notch pass ravine saddle Verb cram glut sate stuff surfeit See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb We gorged on chips and cookies. We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies. Word History Etymology Noun (1), Verb, and Noun (2) Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin gurga, alteration of gurges, from Latin, whirlpool — more at voracious First Known Use Noun (1) 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense Noun (2) 1854, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing gorge make someone's gorge rise make someone's gorge rise Kids Definition gorge 1 of 2 noun ˈgȯrj : a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon gorge 2 of 2 verb gorged; gorging : to eat greedily gorge 1 of 2 noun as in canyon a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage walked the bridge over the gorge, marveling at the spectacular drop Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance canyon ravine valley saddle gulch gap pass col defile couloir cañon flume abyss kloof gulf glen crevice chasm notch crevasse trench fissure cleft linn gill cirque basin vale coulee dale combe hollow gully wadi gutter coombe arroyo dell barranca trough barranco wash cwm floodplain kettle gulley coomb nullah draw shut-in gorge 2 of 2 verb 1 as in to stuff to fill with food to capacity we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving Synonyms & Similar Words stuff feast glut sate gobble fill surfeit gormandize cram guzzle pig out banquet gulp cloy regale Antonyms & Near Antonyms diet fast 2 as in to feast to eat greedily or to excess the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating Synonyms & Similar Words feast gormandize overeat pig out swill wolf devour load up on glut banquet sate stuff gulp surfeit guzzle regale bolt cram Antonyms & Near Antonyms taste pick nibble peck 3 as in to devour to swallow or eat greedily the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat Synonyms & Similar Words devour inhale gobble wolf gulp scarf gormandize raven slop scoff cram glut ingurgitate bolt overeat swill pig out Antonyms & Near Antonyms pick nibble peck Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of gorge are cloy, glut, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking. gorged themselves with chocolate The words cloy and gorge can be used in similar contexts, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting. sentimental pictures that cloy after a while Although the words glut and gorge have much in common, glut implies excess in feeding or supplying. a market glutted with diet books While in some cases nearly identical to gorge, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite. a life of leisure eventually begins to pall Both satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire. years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel readers were sated with sensationalistic stories While the synonyms surfeit and gorge are close in meaning, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion. surfeited themselves with junk food
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