Gorges

Meaning of Gorges

plural noun
  1. a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.
  2. the throat.
  3. a narrow rear entrance to a bastion, outwork, or other fortification.
  4. a mass of ice obstructing a narrow passage, especially a river.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. eat a large amount greedily; fill oneself with food.
    they gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’. The noun originally meant ‘throat’ and is from Old French gorge ; gorge (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 18th century.

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Hyphenation of Gorges

Gorges

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Gorges is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Gorges synonyms

Meaning a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides:

ravine

Meaning a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America:

canyon

Meaning a ravine formed by the action of water:

gully

Meaning an act or instance of moving past or through something:

pass

Meaning damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil:

defile

Meaning a steep, narrow gully on a mountainside:

couloir

Meaning a deep fissure in the earth's surface:

chasm

Meaning a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm:

abyss

Meaning a deep ravine, chasm, or abyss:

gulf

Meaning the backbone of an animal as it appears in a joint of meat:

chine

Meaning a child's term for a rabbit:

bunny

Meaning a steep valley or ravine:

clough, cleuch

Meaning the paired respiratory organ of fish and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx:

gill

Meaning a narrow gorge or ravine:

thrutch

Meaning a steep ravine or precipice:

heugh

Meaning a narrow and steep-sided ravine marking the course of a fast stream:

gulch

Meaning an artificial channel conveying water, typically used for transporting logs or timber:

flume

Meaning a steep-sided gully formed by the action of fast-flowing water in an arid or semi-arid region, found chiefly in the south-western US:

arroyo

Meaning a narrow, winding river gorge:

barranca

Meaning a mountain stream or ravine in South America:

quebrada

Meaning a watercourse, riverbed, or ravine:

nullah

Meaning a deep ravine or chasm:

khud

Meaning a deep gully eroded by rainfall:

sloot

Meaning (in South Africa) a steep-sided, wooded ravine or valley:

kloof

Meaning a dry gully, formed by the eroding action of running water:

donga

Meaning (in Sudan and neighbouring regions) a dry watercourse or ravine:

khor

Meaning fill (oneself) with large amounts of food:

stuff

Meaning completely fill (a place or container) to the point of overflowing:

cram

Meaning cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:

fill

Meaning supply or fill to excess:

glut

Meaning another term for sate:

satiate

Meaning satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full:

sate

Meaning cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess:

surfeit

Meaning have too much of something enjoyable, especially food or drink:

overindulge

Meaning put more into (a container) than it either should or can contain:

overfill

Meaning eat too much:

overeat

Meaning gorge oneself with food:

pig

Meaning eat or drink (something) greedily:

guzzle

Meaning eat (something) hurriedly and noisily:

gobble

Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:

bolt

Meaning eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly:

devour

Meaning devour (food) greedily:

wolf

Meaning pull or knock down (a building):

demolish

Meaning knock or bring to the ground:

down

Meaning kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:

murder

Meaning eat food enthusiastically or greedily:

nosh

Meaning swallow (food) hastily or greedily:

gollop

Meaning move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance:

shift

Meaning eat a large amount of (food) greedily:

gorb

Meaning breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.):

inhale

Meaning a large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage, feeding chiefly on carrion:

raven

Meaning eat excessively:

gluttonize

Meaning eat good food, especially to excess:

gourmandize

Meaning swallow (something) greedily:

ingurgitate

Gorges antonyms

Meaning take small bites out of:

nibble

Anagrams of Gorges

gregos, reggos

Words that rhyme with Gorges

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