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gorge1       [gawrj] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, gorged, gorg·ing.
–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.
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]

gorge·a·ble, adjective
gorg·ed·ly       [gawr-jid-lee] Pronunciation Key, adverb
gorger, noun

1. defile, ravine, notch, gap. 10. glut, cram, fill. 11. devour. 11, 13. bolt, gulp, gobble.
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gorge2       [gawrj] Pronunciation Key
–noun Heraldry.
gurge (def. 2).
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
gorge       (gôrj)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
gorge

noun
1. a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it) 
2. a narrow pass (especially one between mountains) [syn: defile
3. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: esophagus

verb
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" 

The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
gorge       (gôrj)  Pronunciation Key 
A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, often with a stream flowing through it. Gorges are smaller and narrower than canyons and are often a part of a canyon.

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Grand Gorge, NY Zip code(s): 12434

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Gorge

Gorge\, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass, and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g[.r] to devour. Cf. Gorget.]

1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.

Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain. --Spenser.

Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it. --Shak.

2. A narrow passage or entrance; as: (a) A defile between mountains. (b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.

3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.

And all the way, most like a brutish beast, e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest. --Spenser.

4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.

5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt.

6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley.

Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross section of a hyperboloid of revolution.

Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. --Knight.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Gorge

Gorge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gorged; p. pr. & vb. n. Gorging.] [F. gorger. See Gorge, n.]

1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.

The fish has gorged the hook. --Johnson.

2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.

The giant gorged with flesh. --Addison.

Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite. --Dryden.

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Gorge

Gorge\, v. i. To eat greedily and to satiety. --Milton.

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Gorge

Gorge\, n. (Angling) A primitive device used instead of a fishhook, consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.

Circle of the gorge (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the axis.

Gorge fishing, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.

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