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 Definitions of gorge  [ɔrdʒ]  

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Definition of 'gorge' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gorge
a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, esp. one through which a stream runs.

2.  gorge
a small canyon.

3.  gorge
a gluttonous meal.

4.  gorge
something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach.

5.  gorge
an obstructing mass:
an ice gorge.

6.  gorge
the seam where the lapel joins the collar of a coat.

7.  gorge
the rear part of a bastion or similar outwork of a fortification.

8.  gorge
a primitive type of fishhook consisting of a sharply pointed piece of bone, antler, etc., that is attached to a line and lodges in a fish's gills when swallowed.

9.  gorge
the throat; gullet.

10.  gorge
a feeling of strong disgust or anger:
Their cruelty made his gorge rise.

11. (v.t.) gorge
to stuff with food:
to gorge oneself.

12.  gorge
to swallow, esp. greedily.

13.  gorge
to fill or choke up.

14. (v.i.) gorge
to eat greedily.

Etymology:  (1325–75;< OF gorger, der. of gorge throat &indirdesc; L gurguliō gullet, gurges whirlpool, eddy)

Definition of 'gorge' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gorge
a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)

2. (noun) defile, gorge
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

3. (verb) esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

4. (verb) gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
"She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"


Definition of 'gorge' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) gorge
the throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach

2. (noun) gorge
a narrow passage or entrance

3. (noun) gorge
a defile between mountains

4. (noun) gorge
the entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion

5. (noun) gorge
that which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl

6. (noun) gorge
a filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river

7. (noun) gorge
a concave molding; a cavetto

8. (noun) gorge
the groove of a pulley

9. (noun) gorge
to swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities

10. (noun) gorge
to glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate

11. (verb) gorge
to eat greedily and to satiety


Translation of 'gorge' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a deep narrow valley
A river ran along the bottom of the gorge.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ravyn, kloof Arabic flag Arabic: مَضيق بين جَبَلَين Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: клисура
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desfiladeiro Czech flag Czech: rokle German flag German: die Felsschlucht
Danish flag Danish: kløft Greek flag Greek: φαράγγι Spanish flag Spanish: desfiladero; barranco
Estonian flag Estonian: kuristik Farsi flag Farsi: گردنه Finnish flag Finnish: rotko
French flag French: gorge Hebrew flag Hebrew: גָיא Hindi flag Hindi: तंग घाटी
Croatian flag Croatian: gudura, kanjon Hungarian flag Hungarian: szurdok Indonesian flag Indonesian: jurang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gljúfur Italian flag Italian: gola Japanese flag Japanese: 峡谷
Korean flag Korean: 깊은 골짜기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tarpeklis Latvian flag Latvian: aiza
Malay flag Malay: gaung Dutch flag Dutch: ravijn, bergkloof, afgron Norwegian flag Norwegian: gjel, juv, kløft
Polish flag Polish: wąwóz Persian flag Persian: گردنه Pashto flag Pashto: ستونى، مرۍ: تنګى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desfiladeiro Romanian flag Romanian: trecă­toare, defileu Russian flag Russian: ущелье
Slovak flag Slovak: roklina Slovenian flag Slovenian: soteska Serbian flag Serbian: klisura
Swedish flag Swedish: klyfta, trångt bergspass Thai flag Thai: ช่องเขา Turkish flag Turkish: sarp vadi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 峽谷 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вузька ущелина Urdu flag Urdu: گھاٹی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hẻm núi Chinese flag Chinese: 峡谷

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