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gorge

noun · verb

Simple meaning

Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.

Pronunciation

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gawrj
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈɡɔɹdʒ

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.

  2. us

    A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.

  3. botany

    The throat of a flower.

  4. An act of gorging.

verb

  1. intransitivereflexive

    To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [with on]

  2. transitive

    To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.

  3. transitive

    To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.

  4. transitive

    To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; (US, specifically) of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
C1 · Advanced
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.

Used this way, gorge is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Nearby words

  • esophagus , used mainly in Regional English
  • oesophagus , a specialist term, precise but narrower

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Rearward / deep

deep gorgeriver gorgerocky gorgecolumbia gorge

Narrow

mountain gorge

Other combinations

narrow gorgegreat gorgeflaming gorge

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • new river gorge bridgenounCompound term

    A steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia.

  • olduvai gorgenounCompound term

    A gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

Sense: food that has been taken into the gullet

esophagusRegionaloesophagusTechnical

Antonyms

Sense: food that has been taken into the gullet

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