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gorge

1  [gawrj] noun, verb, gorged, gorg⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, esp. one through which a stream runs.
2. a small canyon.
3. a gluttonous meal.
4. something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach.
5. an obstructing mass: an ice gorge.
6. the seam formed at the point where the lapel meets the collar of a jacket or coat.
7. Fortification. the rear entrance or part of a bastion or similar outwork.
8. Also called gorge hook. a primitive type of fishhook consisting of a piece of stone or bone with sharpened ends and a hole or groove in the center for fastening a line.
9. the throat; gullet.
–verb (used with object)
10. to stuff with food (usually used reflexively or passively): He gorged himself. They were gorged.
11. to swallow, esp. greedily.
12. to choke up (usually used passively).
–verb (used without object)
13. to eat greedily.
—Idiom
14. make one's gorge rise, to evoke violent anger or strong disgust: The cruelty of war made his gorge rise.
Origin:
1325–75; (v.) ME < OF gorger, deriv. of gorge throat < VL *gorga, akin to L gurguliō gullet, throat, gurges whirlpool, eddy

Related forms:
gorge⋅a⋅ble, adjective
gorg⋅ed⋅ly  [gawr-jid-lee] , adverb
gorger, noun

Synonyms:
1. defile, ravine, notch, gap. 10. glut, cram, fill. 11. devour. 11, 13. bolt, gulp, gobble.

gorge

2  [gawrj]
–noun Heraldry.
gurge (def. 2).

gurge

  [gurj] noun, plural gur⋅ges  [gur-jees] , verb, gurged, gurg⋅ing.
–noun
1. a whirlpool.
2. Also, gorge. Also called whirlpool. Heraldry. a charge covering the entire field of an escutcheon and having the form either of a spirallike scroll or of a number of concentric rings, the whole field having two tinctures.
–verb (used without object)
3. to swirl like a whirlpool.
Origin:
1515–25; < L gurges whirlpool
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gorge   (gôrj)   
n.  

  1. A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine.

  2. A narrow entrance into the outwork of a fortification.

  3. The throat; the gullet: The gory sight made my gorge rise.

  4. The crop of a hawk.

  5. An instance of gluttonous eating.

  6. The contents of the stomach; something swallowed.

  7. A mass obstructing a narrow passage: a shipping lane blocked by an ice gorge.

  8. The seam on the front of a coat or jacket where the lapel and the collar are joined.

v.   gorged, gorg·ing, gorg·es

v.   tr.

  1. To stuff with food; glut: gorged themselves with candy.

  2. To devour greedily.

v.   intr.
To eat gluttonously.

[Middle English, throat, from Old French, from Late Latin gurga, perhaps from Latin gurges, whirlpool, abyss.]
gorg'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

gorge  (n.)
1362, from O.Fr. gorge "throat, bosom," from L.L. gurges "gullet, throat, jaws," related to L. gurgulio "gullet." Transferred sense of "deep, narrow valley" was in O.Fr. The verbal meaning "eat greedily" (c.1300) is from O.Fr. gorger, from gorge.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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