a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
gorge
How to use gorge in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for gorge.
Editorial note
Now teenage girls gorge themselves on it in public.
Quick take
a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of gorge gathered in one view.
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for gorge.
noun
a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
noun
a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
See also: defile
noun
the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
See also: esophagus, oesophagus, gullet
verb
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
See also: ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize
Example sentences
Now teenage girls gorge themselves on it in public.
I assumed it be a constant war with my will power to not gorge myself.
You gorge on 13 hours of good television the same way you gorge on 13 chapters of a good book.
My gorge rises at it.---Here's hoping that other email clients learn well from Sparrow's success.
Similarly, people can and do gorge themselves on gourmet food.
Since then, I have spent a lot of time visiting parks/waterfalls/the gorge, and lately the goal of being the richest/greatest/most elite programmer hasn't seemed very important.
Secondly, and in my mind more importantly, it is much easier to gorge on pure sugar than it is to eat an equivalent amount of sugar in the form of apples.
A plain stick of butter and a large bowl of plain white rice are equally difficult to overeat on, whereas ice cream with its combined hit of sugar and fat is easy to gorge on.
And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.
See the following quote from Moby Dick:>And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces.
Can one seriously argue that the many animals who gorge themselves in preparation for hibernation or cache food for later are not actively planning ahead?Neanderthals had ritual burial.
In recent years the Democrats have invented the opposite "gorge the beast" strategy, in which you figure that if you keep on increasing spending then eventually you'll be able to pressure the Republicans into agreeing to tax increases.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use gorge in a sentence?
Now teenage girls gorge themselves on it in public.
What does gorge mean?
a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
What part of speech is gorge?
gorge is commonly used as noun, verb.