gorge

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin gurga.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɡɔːdʒ/, X-SAMPA: /gO:dZ/
• (US) IPA: /gɔɹd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ

Noun

gorge (plural gorges)

1. A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, Crime out of Mind^[1]:

     Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.

2. The throat or gullet.

Translations

deep passage

• Armenian: ձոր (hy) (jor)
• Chamicuro: yeepachajpi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 峽谷 (cmn), 峡谷 (cmn) (xiágǔ)

• Czech: rokle (cs) f, soutěska (cs) f
• Dutch: kloof (nl) n
• Finnish: sola (fi), rotko (fi), kuilu (fi), kuru (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schlucht (de) f
• Greek: φαράγγι (el) (farángi) n
• Italian: gola (it) f

• Japanese: 峡谷 (ja) (きょうこく, kyōkoku)
• Korean: 협곡 (ko) (hyeopgok), 골짜기 (ko) (goljjagi)
• Persian: گلوگاه (fa) (galugâh)
• Polish: wąwóz (pl) m, jar (pl) m
• Portuguese: garganta (pt) f
• Russian: ущелье (ru) (uščélʹje) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клисура (sh) f, кланац (sh) m, теснац (sh) m

  Roman: klisura (sh) f, klanac (sh) m, tesnac (sh) m

• Spanish: garganta (es) f
• Swedish: pass (sv) n

gullet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食管 (cmn) (shíguǎn), 食道 (cmn) (shídào)

• Dutch: strot (nl) m and f
• Finnish: kurkku (fi)
• Greek: οισοφάγος (el) (oisofágos) m
• Japanese: 食道 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō)
• Korean: 목구멍 (ko) (mokgumeong)
• Persian: گلو (fa) (galu)

• Polish: gardło (pl) n
• Portuguese: garganta (pt) f, gorja (pt) f
• Russian: пищевод (ru) (piščevód) m (esophagus)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гркљан (sh) m

  Roman: grkljan (sh) m

• Spanish: garganta (es) f
• Swedish: svalg (sv) c

Verb

gorge (third-person singular simple present gorges, present participle gorging, simple past and past participle gorged)

1. (reflexive, followed by on) To eat greedily and in large quantities.

   They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake.

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

     The fish has gorged the hook.

3. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
   • Dryden

     Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.

   • Addison

     The giant, gorged with flesh, and wine, and blood, / Lay stretch'd at length and snoring in his den […]

Derived terms

• disgorge
• engorge

Translations

to eat greedily

• Catalan: devorar (ca)
• Czech: hltat (cs), žrát (cs)
• Dutch: schrokken (nl)
• Finnish: hotkia (fi), ahmia (fi)
• French: gorger (fr), se gorger (fr)
• Greek: καταβροχθίζω (el) (katavrochthízo)
• Japanese: 食い溜め (ja) (kuidame)
• Korean: 꿀꺽하다 (kkulkkeok-hada), 삼키다 (ko) (samkida)
• Persian: لمباندن (fa) (lombāndan)

• Portuguese: empanturrar-se de (pt), devorar (pt)
• Romanian: înfuleca (ro)
• Russian: жрать (ru) (žratʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: наситити (sh), наситити се (sh), ждерати (sh)

  Roman: nasititi (sh), nasititi se (sh), žderati (sh)

• Spanish: atiborrarse (es) de, hartarse (es) de
• Swedish: proppa i sig

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 狼吞虎咽

Etymology 2

Shortened from gorgeous.

Adjective

gorge

1. (UK, slang) Gorgeous.

   Oh, look at him: isn't he gorge?

Anagrams

• grego

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

gorge f (plural gorges)

1. throat
2. breast
3. gorge

Verb

gorge

1. first-person singular present indicative of gorger
2. third-person singular present indicative of gorger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of gorger
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of gorger
5. second-person singular imperative of gorger

Derived terms

• égorger
• rouge-gorge
• soutien-gorge

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Italian

Noun

gorge f

1. Plural form of gorgia

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Jèrriais

Noun

gorge f (plural gorges)

1. (anatomy) throat

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Middle French

Noun

gorge f (plural gorges)

1. (anatomy) throat

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Old French

Noun

gorge f (oblique plural gorges, nominative singular gorge, nominative plural gorges)

1. throat