GORGE


Meaning of GORGE in English

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.

Phrases and idioms:

cast the gorge at reject with loathing. one's gorge rises at one is sickened by.

Derivatives:

gorger n.

Etymology: ME f. OF gorge throat ult. f. L gurges whirlpool

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.