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[noun] the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
[noun] a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
[noun] a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
[verb] overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
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\Gorge\, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass, and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g[.r] to devour. Cf. {Gorget}.] 1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach. Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain. --Spenser. Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it. --Shak. 2. A narrow passage or entrance; as:
(a) A defile between mountains.
(b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl. And all the way, most like a brutish beast, e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest. --Spenser. 4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river. 5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt. 6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley. {Gorge circle} (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross section of a hyperboloid of revolution. {Gorge hook}, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. --Knight.
\Gorge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gorged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gorging}.] [F. gorger. See {Gorge}, n.] 1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities. The fish has gorged the hook. --Johnson. 2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate. The giant gorged with flesh. --Addison. Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite. --Dryden.
\Gorge\, v. i. To eat greedily and to satiety. --Milton.
\Gorge\, n. (Angling) A primitive device used instead of a fishhook, consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line. {Circle of the gorge} (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the axis. {Gorge fishing}, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.

Synonyms for gorge

binge, defile, englut, engorge, esophagus, glut, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, gullet, ingurgitate, oesophagus, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff

Antonyms: munch, nibble

See also: alimentary canal | alimentary tract | cardiac sphincter | cram | digestive tract | digestive tube | eat | epicardia | fill | fill up | flume | gastrointestinal tract | GI tract | Grand Canyon | gulch | jam | mountain pass | muscle system | muscular structure | musculature | notch | Olduvai Gorge | pass | passage | passageway | ravine |

Related terms: canyon, cecum, chasm, choke, choking, clough, clove, couloir, cram, crevasse, crevice, dead end, fissure, jam-pack, obstipation, overlade, raven, seam, soak, stall, stop, swallow

The fun area, different aproach to word »gorge«

Let's analyse "gorge" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EGROG. Average typing speed for these characters is 1385 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: gorge: 6 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: gorge: 7 + 6 + 9 + 7 + 5 = 34, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
E (1) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
G (2) 7 Chariot Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
O (1) 15 Devil Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong

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