gorge

B2
Pronunciation
/ˈgȯrj/
/ˈgȯ(ə)rj/
Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar

2 Definition

to eat greedily or to repletion

Example Sentences
  • gorging on books
3 Definition

to stuff to capacity : glut

4 Definition

to fill completely or to the point of distension

Example Sentences
  • veins gorged with blood
Noun (1)
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

a narrow passage through land

2 Definition

throat —often used with rise to indicate revulsion accompanied by a sensation of constriction

Example Sentences
  • My gorge rises at the sight of blood.
3 Definition

a hawk's crop

4 Definition

stomach, belly

5 Definition

the entrance into an outwork (such as a bastion) of a fort

6 Definition

a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (such as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject

7 Definition

a mass choking a passage

Example Sentences
  • a river dammed by an ice gorge
Noun (2)
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

to consume greedily

Example Sentences
  • fish gorging the bait
2 Definition

the act or an instance of gorging

3 Definition

a narrow passage, ravine, or steep-walled canyon

4 Definition

to eat greedily : stuff oneself