n. & v.
n. 1 a narrow opening between hills or a rocky ravine, often with a stream running through it. 2 an act of gorging; a feast. 3 the contents of the stomach; what has been swallowed. 4 the neck of a bastion or other outwork; the rear entrance to a work. 5 US a mass of ice etc. blocking a narrow passage.
v. 1 intr. feed greedily. 2 tr. a (often refl.) satiate, glut. b swallow, devour greedily. cast the gorge at reject with loathing. one's gorge rises at one is sickened by. gorger n.
[ ME f. OF gorge throat ult. f. L gurges whirlpool ]