1
: a narrow passage through land
especially
: a narrow steep-walled canyon or part of a canyon
2
: throat
—often used with rise to indicate revulsion accompanied by a sensation of constriction
My gorge rises at the sight of blood.
4
: the entrance into an outwork (such as a bastion) of a fort
5
: a primitive device used instead of a fishhook that consists of an object (such as a piece of bone attached in the middle of a line) easy to swallow but difficult to eject
6
: a mass choking a passage
a river dammed by an ice gorge
7
: the line on the front of a coat or jacket formed by the crease of the lapel and collar
gorged; gorging
: to eat greedily or to repletion
also
: to partake of something in large amounts
gorging on books
1
a
: to stuff to capacity : glut
b
: to fill completely or to the point of distension
veins gorged with blood
2
: to consume greedily
gorger
noun
Synonyms
Examples of gorge in a Sentence
Verb
We gorged on chips and cookies.
We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies.
Recent Examples on the Web
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
There are fears both numbers could rise as rescuers venture into a rock quarry and a gorge where workers and tourists remain trapped.
—Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Three hikers were killed by falling rocks on a trail in Taroko National Park, a popular site famed for a gorge that cuts through mountains that rise steeply from the coast.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
All five of them were caught in the slide down the Banana Couloir, a steep mountain gorge, officials said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
Azerbaijani troops there have fortified their positions on the mountains overlooking an uninhabited gorge through which a road passes to Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhichevan.
—Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Mount Mulanje, located at the southern end of Malawi in southern Africa, covers close to 400 square miles of steeply forested gorges and ancient stone summits.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The landscape here transitions seamlessly from rocky beaches to jungle topography, allowing for days spent hiking to far-off beaches and gorges.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2024
There’s also the flat easy Rim Trail that stays topside meandering through old farmland and past ancient field houses, with nice views into the gorge.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
Most importantly, weed lines host entire ecosystems with lots of insects, minnows, grass shrimp, and juvenile crawfish that bluegill love to gorge on.
—David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
Instead of using sharpshooters in helicopters to kill the mule deer — which the Catalina Island Conservancy says are gorging themselves on the island’s delicate native vegetation — the conservancy may now consider other options.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Astronomers think the explosion was triggered by a white dwarf — the core of a star that has run out of fuel — gorging on material from a neighboring star.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
They'd been invited to cook at a series of exclusive dinners at JW Marriotts in New Delhi and Mumbai, but the trip would also provide a chance to gorge on flavors familiar and not, in the hopes of discovering dishes to reproduce artfully in New York.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Dec. 2023
Palestinian Israelis come, too, to amble through the souks of the Old City, buy traditional products like olive oil soap and gorge their way through the city’s embarrassment of rich desserts.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Also gorging on the scenery is Keegan-Michael Key as the Chief of Police, on the take from the cartel and accepting payment in chocolate, which causes his girth to keep expanding in a tiresome running fat joke.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023
The movie’s most meaningful recurring image is not of Napoleon commanding his troops, but rather of Napoleon gorging himself on food and drink, often at diplomatic meetings with foreign frenemies like Alexander I (Édouard Philipponnat) or Francis I (Miles Jupp).
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
Noun
The carvings were found at Toro Muerto, a desert gorge filled with thousands of boulders, and thousands of etchings, according to an April 3 study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
There are fears both numbers could rise as rescuers venture into a rock quarry and a gorge where workers and tourists remain trapped.
—Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Three hikers were killed by falling rocks on a trail in Taroko National Park, a popular site famed for a gorge that cuts through mountains that rise steeply from the coast.
—John Yoon, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
All five of them were caught in the slide down the Banana Couloir, a steep mountain gorge, officials said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
Azerbaijani troops there have fortified their positions on the mountains overlooking an uninhabited gorge through which a road passes to Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhichevan.
—Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Mount Mulanje, located at the southern end of Malawi in southern Africa, covers close to 400 square miles of steeply forested gorges and ancient stone summits.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The landscape here transitions seamlessly from rocky beaches to jungle topography, allowing for days spent hiking to far-off beaches and gorges.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2024
There’s also the flat easy Rim Trail that stays topside meandering through old farmland and past ancient field houses, with nice views into the gorge.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
Verb
This risks skewing the results, since the difference in life span between the diet group and the ad libitum group may be down to poor overall health in the group allowed to gorge itself.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
Most importantly, weed lines host entire ecosystems with lots of insects, minnows, grass shrimp, and juvenile crawfish that bluegill love to gorge on.
—David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
Instead of using sharpshooters in helicopters to kill the mule deer — which the Catalina Island Conservancy says are gorging themselves on the island’s delicate native vegetation — the conservancy may now consider other options.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Astronomers think the explosion was triggered by a white dwarf — the core of a star that has run out of fuel — gorging on material from a neighboring star.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
They'd been invited to cook at a series of exclusive dinners at JW Marriotts in New Delhi and Mumbai, but the trip would also provide a chance to gorge on flavors familiar and not, in the hopes of discovering dishes to reproduce artfully in New York.
—Alex Bhattacharji, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Dec. 2023
Palestinian Israelis come, too, to amble through the souks of the Old City, buy traditional products like olive oil soap and gorge their way through the city’s embarrassment of rich desserts.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
Also gorging on the scenery is Keegan-Michael Key as the Chief of Police, on the take from the cartel and accepting payment in chocolate, which causes his girth to keep expanding in a tiresome running fat joke.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023
The movie’s most meaningful recurring image is not of Napoleon commanding his troops, but rather of Napoleon gorging himself on food and drink, often at diplomatic meetings with foreign frenemies like Alexander I (Édouard Philipponnat) or Francis I (Miles Jupp).
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
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gorge
1 of 2 noun
: a narrow passage, ravine, or steep-walled canyon
gorge
2 of 2 verb
gorged; gorging
: to eat greedily : stuff oneself
gorger
noun
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