Gorge

Word GORGE
Character 5
Hyphenation gorge
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Gorge"

What do we mean by gorge?

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

A narrow entrance into the outwork of a fortification. noun

The throat; the gullet. noun

The crop of a hawk. noun

An instance of gluttonous eating. noun

The contents of the stomach; something swallowed. noun

A mass obstructing a narrow passage. noun

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

To stuff with food; glut. intransitive verb

To devour greedily. intransitive verb

To eat gluttonously. intransitive verb

To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness or by gulps.

Hence—2. To glut; fill the throat or stomach of; satiate.

To feed greedily; stuff one's self.

In angling, a bait intended to be swallowed by the fish to effect its capture: usually a minnow in which a double-barbed leaded fish-hook is embedded. noun

A fish-hook consisting of a straight or crescent-shaped piece of stone or bone sharpened at the ends and grooved or perforated in the center: used by primitive tribes. noun

The throat; the gullet. noun

Hence —2. That which is swallowed or is provided for swallowing; the material of a meal. noun

The act of gorging; inordinate eating; a heavy meal: as, to indulge in a gorge after long abstinence. noun

A jam; a mass which chokes up a passage: as, a gorge of logs in a river; an ice-gorge. noun

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Synonyms and Antonyms for Gorge

The word "gorge" in example sentences

Gouging it's way ever downward into the gorge is a river. ❋ Ed (2004)

Telling that to people in the gorge is like telling Saudia Arabia to conserve gasoline. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The mountain gorge which was its source rang to the rising tide of it until it brimmed over and flooded earth and sky and air. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sounds about right, both of them talk libertarian but gorge from the federal trough. blog comments powered by Disqus publicola nerds ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lake Linderman was no more than a narrow mountain gorge filled with water. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The gorge is a very steep sided ravine roughly 30 miles long and 295 ft. deep which forms part of the Great Rift Valley. ❋ Jen (2008)

Even Las Vegas has cloudy days, and even the Columbia gorge is calm once in a while! ❋ Unknown (2007)

Anthropological studies and old copies of scurrilous newspapers suggest that the will to gorge is universal. ❋ Unknown (2006)

ID will contend that carving a gorge is not equivalent to the complexity of the flagellum. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The height of the cliffs on either side of the gorge is so tremendous that the wailing of the gibbons (see Note 15) in the woods above sounds as though it came from the sky. ❋ Unknown (1921)

The mountain gorge, which was its source, rang to the rising tide of it until it brimmed over and flooded earth and sky and air. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Lake Lindeman was no more than a narrow mountain gorge filled with water. ❋ Unknown (1911)

By the stable door she found Mr. Strongtharm seated and polishing his gun, and paused to catechise him on the forest tracks, particularly on those leading up through Soldier's Gap -- by which name he called the gorge at the head of the plain. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

The gorge is in many places not more than twelve feet wide. ❋ Unknown (1873)

That the whole gorge is a mere crack in the rocks produced by some pre-historic natural convulsion, is evident at first sight. ❋ Unknown (1873)

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