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