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gorge
1[ gawrj ]
noun
- a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
- a small canyon.
- a gluttonous meal.
- something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach.
- an obstructing mass:
an ice gorge.
- the seam formed at the point where the lapel meets the collar of a jacket or coat.
- Fortification. the rear entrance or part of a bastion or similar outwork.
- 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.
- the throat; gullet.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- to eat greedily.
gorge
2[ gawrj ]
noun
gorge
/ ɡɔːdʒ /
noun
- a deep ravine, esp one through which a river runs
- the contents of the stomach
- feelings of disgust or resentment (esp in the phrase one's gorge rises )
- an obstructing mass
an ice gorge
- fortifications
- a narrow rear entrance to a work
- the narrow part of a bastion or outwork
- archaic.the throat or gullet
verb
- intr falconry (of hawks) to eat until the crop is completely full
- to swallow (food) ravenously
- tr to stuff (oneself) with food
gorge
/ gôrj /
- 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.
Derived Forms
- ˈgorger, noun
- ˈgorgeable, adjective
Other Words From
- gorge·a·ble adjective
- gorg·ed·ly [gawr, -jid-lee], adverb
- gorg·er noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of gorge1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gorge1
Idioms and Phrases
- make one's gorge rise, to evoke violent anger or strong disgust:
The cruelty of war made his gorge rise.
Example Sentences
While the national-preservation status of the majority of the gorge is a concession to local hunters, the group is slated to lose roughly 4,000 acres of hunting grounds in the Lower Gorge with the new designation.
The cliffs of the gorge are a thousand feet high in parts, with walls of Nuttall sandstone that provide climbers with more than 1,500 routes.
The gorge is home to hundreds of rare species, including the highest concentration of rare plants in Maryland, according to the National Park Service.
Canyoners are constantly concerned about flash floods, but hikers exploring riverside trails and narrow gorges should also be aware of flood potential, because they can happen with little to no warning.
There’s fire on both sides of the Feather River, and the Feather River is just a very steep gorge in many places.
The Gorge has always been a hotbed of radicalism and arms smuggling, but now it is fast becoming a shahid factory.
PANKISI GORGE, Georgia—The mother of martyrs, a woman in her fifties, is delicately beautiful and visibly in pain.
BIRKIANI, Georgia — Time seems to stop in this sleepy Georgian village high in the green mountains of the Pankisi Gorge.
The Pankisi Gorge is a beautiful place, but it does not offer big opportunities to the local boys.
And he is said to be luring more young Muslims from his home region in the Pankisi Gorge to join his insurgency forces.
Poor wretches—they were afraid to refuse, yet their gorge rose at the deed, and they fired at the ceiling!
Far up the gorge dense clouds of black smoke swooped down from the benchland.
Darkness fell, but still the fight continued, and at last Dupont's guns were heard at the other side of the gorge.
Therefore its channel is usually not a hundredth part as wide as the gorge or valley in which it lies.
On his right an open glade revealed to him the dark gorge through which the Cluden thundered.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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