gorge

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: defileesophagusoesophagusgulletingurgitateoverindulgeglutenglutstuffengorgeovergorgeovereat

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
  2. a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)Synonyms: defile
  3. the passage between the pharynx and the stomachSynonyms: esophagusoesophagusgullet

Verb (1)

  1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself“She stuffed herself at the dinner”“The kids binged on ice cream”Synonyms: ingurgitateoverindulgeglutenglutstuffengorgeovergorgeovereatgormandizegormandisegourmandizebingepig outsatiatescarf out
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Gorge \Gorge\, v. i. To eat greedily and to satiety. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl. [1913 Webster]

And all the way, most like a brutish beast, e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

4.A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river. [1913 Webster]

5.(Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]

6.(Naut.) The groove of a pulley. [1913 Webster]

7.(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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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

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.

Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. --Knight. [1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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. [1913 Webster]

The fish has gorged the hook.— Johnson.[1913 Webster]

2.To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate. [1913 Webster]

The giant gorged with flesh.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
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