gorged

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English

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Etymology

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From gorge +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gorged (not comparable)

  1. With a stomach stuffed full of food.
    • 1907, O. Henry, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen:
      Gorged nearly to the uttermost when he entered the restaurant, the smell of food had almost caused him to lose his honor as a gentleman, but he rallied like a true knight.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, [], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
  2. (heraldry) With the neck collared or encircled by an object.
  3. Having a gorge or throat.

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Verb

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gorged

  1. simple past and past participle of gorge
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