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