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Webster 1913 Edition

Gorge

Gorge

,
Noun.
[F.
gorge
, LL.
gorgia
, throat, narrow pass, and
gorga
abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L.
gurgea
whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. Skr.
gargara
whirlpool,
gṛ
to devour. Cf.
Gorget
.]
1.
The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.
Wherewith he gripped her
gorge
with so great pain.
Spenser.
Now, how abhorred! . . . my
gorge
rises at it.
Shakespeare
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
.
3.
That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.
And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his
gorge
, that all did him detest.
Spenser.
4.
A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction;
as, an ice
gorge
in a river
.
5.
(Arch.)
A concave molding; a cavetto.
Gwilt.
6.
(Naut.)
The groove of a pulley.

Gorge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gorged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gorging
.]
[F.
gorger
. See
Gorge
,
Noun.
]
1.
To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
The fish has
gorged
the hook.
Johnson.
2.
To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
The giant
gorged
with flesh.
Addison.
Gorge
with my blood thy barbarous appetite.
Dryden.

Gorge

,
Verb.
I.
To eat greedily and to satiety.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gorge

GORGE

,
Noun.
gorj. [L. gurges.]
1.
The throat; the gullet; the canal of the neck by which food passes to the stomach.
2.
In architecture, the narrowest part of the Tuscan and Doric capitals, between the astragal, above the shaft of the column, and the annulets.
3.
In fortification, the entrance of the platform of any work.
4.
That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.

GORGE

,
Verb.
T.
gorj. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities. Hence,
1.
To glut; to fill the throat or stomach; to satiate.
The giant, gorged with flesh---

GORGE

,
Verb.
I.
To feed.

Definition 2024

Gorge

Gorge

See also: gorge and gorgé

English

Proper noun

Gorge

  1. A male given name

gorge

gorge

See also: Gorge and gorgé

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɔːdʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡɔɹd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ

Noun

gorge ‎(plural gorges)

  1. A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind:
      Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.
  2. The throat or gullet.
    • Spenser
      Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
    • Shakespeare
      Now, how abhorred! […] my gorge rises at it.
  3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.
    • Spenser
      And all the way, most like a brutish beast, / He spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
  4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction.
    an ice gorge in a river
  5. (architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Gwilt to this entry?)
  6. (nautical) The groove of a pulley.
  7. (fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook, consisting of an object easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

gorge ‎(third-person singular simple present gorges, present participle gorging, simple past and past participle gorged)

  1. (reflexive, often followed by on) To eat greedily and in large quantities.
    They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake.
  2. To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
    • Johnson
      The fish has gorged the hook.
  3. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
    • Dryden
      Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.
    • Addison
      The giant, gorged with flesh, and wine, and blood, / Lay stretch'd at length and snoring in his den […]
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened from gorgeous.

Adjective

gorge

  1. (Britain, slang) Gorgeous.
    Oh, look at him: isn't he gorge?
    • 2013, Brittany Geragotelis, Life's A Witch
      "Um, Hadley? Don't tell me that's another new outfit. It's totally gorge!” Sofia stopped me in the middle of the hallway to admire the clothes I'd meticulously picked out that morning.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, likely connected to Latin gurges ‎(“a whirlpool, eddy, gulf or sea”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gorge f ‎(plural gorges)

  1. throat
  2. breast
  3. gorge

Verb

gorge

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gorger
  2. third-person singular present indicative of gorger
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of gorger
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of gorger
  5. second-person singular imperative of gorger

Derived terms

Italian

Noun

gorge f

  1. plural of gorgia

Middle French

Noun

gorge f (plural gorges)

  1. (anatomy) throat

Norman

Etymology

From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, likely connected to Latin gurges ‎(“a whirlpool, eddy, gulf or sea”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gorge f ‎(plural gorges)

  1. (Jersey, anatomy) throat

Derived terms

  • bigorgi ‎(“to slit a throat”)

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin gurga, likely connected to Latin gurges ‎(“a whirlpool, eddy, gulf or sea”).

Noun

gorge f ‎(oblique plural gorges, nominative singular gorge, nominative plural gorges)

  1. throat

Descendants

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin gurga, likely connected to Latin gurges ‎(“a whirlpool, eddy, gulf or sea”)

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