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| gorge [ gawrj ] |
noun (plural gorg·es) |
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1. narrow valley: a deep narrow, usually rocky, valley
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2. contents of stomach: the contents of the stomach, especially when they are perceived as rising in the throat out of disgust or anger
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3. birds hawk's food pouch: a food storage pouch in the throat of a hawk
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4. greedy eating: an act of eating greedily and to excess
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5. obstruction in passage: a mass of something obstructing a passage, especially a mass of ice obstructing a river
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6. military entrance to outwork: a narrow entrance at the rear of an outwork in a fortification
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verb (past and past participle gorged, present participle gorg·ing, 3rd person present singular gorg·es) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb eat greedily: to eat something greedily and to excess
  They gorged on chocolates.
They sat at the counter gorging meat and potatoes.
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2. transitive verb physiology
Same as engorge (sense 1)
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| [14th century. Via French, "throat" < Latin gurge "abyss, whirlpool"] |
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| gorg·er noun |
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