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Definitions for Gorged

[1] (of a beast) represented wearing something about the neck in the manner of a collar: a lion gules gorged with a collar or.
[2] a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs.
[3] a small canyon.
[4] a gluttonous meal.
[5] something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach.
[6] an obstructing mass: an ice gorge.
[7] the seam formed at the point where the lapel meets the collar of a jacket or coat.
[8] Fortification . the rear entrance or part of a bastion or similar outwork.
[9] Also called gorge hook. a primitive type of fishhook consisting of a piece of stone or bone with sharpened ends and a hole or groove in the center for fastening a line.
[10] the throat; gullet.
[11] to stuff with food (usually used reflexively or passively): He gorged himself. They were gorged.
[12] to swallow, especially greedily.
[13] to choke up (usually used passively).
[14] to eat greedily.
[15] a deep ravine, esp one through which a river runs
[16] the contents of the stomach
[17] feelings of disgust or resentment (esp in the phrase one's gorge rises )
[18] an obstructing mass an ice gorge
[19] fortifications a narrow rear entrance to a work the narrow part of a bastion or outwork
[20] archaic the throat or gullet
[21] (intr) falconry (of hawks) to eat until the crop is completely full
[22] to swallow (food) ravenously
[23] (tr) to stuff (oneself) with food

Words related to Gorged

feed, surfeit, glut, guzzle, overeat, cloy, fill, gormandize, gulp, jam, sate, cram, jade, satiate, congest, devour, bolt, overindulge, stuff, wolf

Words nearby Gorged

goren, gorey, gorgas, gorge, gorge hook, gorged, gorgeous, gorgerin, gorget, gorgias, gorgio

Origin of Gorged

11325–75; (v.) Middle English < Old French gorger, derivative of gorge throat < Vulgar Latin *gorga, akin to Latin gurguliō gullet, throat, gurges whirlpool, eddy

Other words from Gorged

un·gorged , adjective
gorge·a·ble , adjective
gorg·ed·ly [gawr -jid-lee] /ˈgɔr dʒɪd li/ , adverb
gorg·er , noun

Word origin for Gorged

C14: from Old French gorger to stuff, from gorge throat, from Late Latin gurga, modification of Latin gurges whirlpool

Synonyms for Gorged

Hoover, bolt, cloy, congest, cram, devour, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, jade, jam, overeat, overindulge, pack, sate, satiate, stuff, surfeit, swallow, wolf, blimp out, eat like a horse, make a pig of