gorge
Meaning of gorge
noun
- a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.
- the throat.
- a narrow rear entrance to a bastion, outwork, or other fortification.
- a mass of ice obstructing a narrow passage, especially a river.
- 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.
Information about gorge
- The plural form of gorge is: gorges.
- Languages in which gorge is used:
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Hyphenation of gorge
gorge
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- gorge is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
gorge synonyms
Meaning defile:
Meaning esophagus:
Meaning ingurgitate:
ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gourmandize, binge, satiate
Meaning a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides:
Meaning a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America:
Meaning a ravine formed by the action of water:
Meaning an act or instance of moving past or through something:
Meaning a steep, narrow gully on a mountainside:
Meaning a deep fissure in the earth's surface:
Meaning a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm:
Meaning a deep ravine, chasm, or abyss:
Meaning the backbone of an animal as it appears in a joint of meat:
Meaning a child's term for a rabbit:
Meaning a steep valley or ravine:
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:
Meaning a narrow gorge or ravine:
Meaning a steep ravine or precipice:
Meaning a narrow and steep-sided ravine marking the course of a fast stream:
Meaning an artificial channel conveying water, typically used for transporting logs or timber:
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:
Meaning a narrow, winding river gorge:
Meaning a mountain stream or ravine in South America:
Meaning a watercourse, riverbed, or ravine:
Meaning a deep ravine or chasm:
Meaning a deep gully eroded by rainfall:
Meaning (in South Africa) a steep-sided, wooded ravine or valley:
Meaning a dry gully, formed by the eroding action of running water:
Meaning (in Sudan and neighbouring regions) a dry watercourse or ravine:
Meaning completely fill (a place or container) to the point of overflowing:
Meaning cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full:
Meaning satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full:
Meaning cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess:
Meaning put more into (a container) than it either should or can contain:
Meaning gorge oneself with food:
Meaning eat or drink (something) greedily:
Meaning eat (something) hurriedly and noisily:
Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:
Meaning eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly:
Meaning devour (food) greedily:
Meaning pull or knock down (a building):
Meaning knock or bring to the ground:
Meaning kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:
Meaning eat food enthusiastically or greedily:
Meaning swallow (food) hastily or greedily:
Meaning move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance:
Meaning eat a large amount of (food) greedily:
Meaning breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.):
Meaning a large heavily built crow with mainly black plumage, feeding chiefly on carrion:
Meaning eat excessively:
gorge antonyms
Meaning take small bites out of:
Translation of gorge
- French: fossé, gouffre, précipice, dévorer
- German: Schlucht, Kluft, Abgrund, verschlingen
- Italian: baratro, precipizio, fosso, abisso, voragine, divorare, ingollare, ingurgitare, trangugiare
- Spanish: abismo, fosa, fisura, precipicio, devorar, engullir, tragar
- Portuguese: devorar
Anagrams of gorge
Words that rhyme with gorge
corge, DiGeorge, George, george, Laforge, alforge, dropforge, forge, reforge, degorge, demigorge, disgorge, engorge, ingorge, overgorge, regorge, ungorge, upgorge, Jorge, Norge, norge, porge, storge
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