Gorge Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of GORGE

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1

:

a deep, narrow area between hills or mountains

2

◊ If your gorge rises, you feel sick, disgusted, or angry.

• My gorge rises [=I feel very angry] when I think of children living in such bad conditions.
• a disgusting odor that made my gorge rise [=made me feel like vomiting]

Britannica Dictionary definition of GORGE

1

:

to eat large amounts of food

— usually + on

[no object]

• We gorged on chips and cookies.

[+ object]

• We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies.

2

[+ object]

:

to fill (something) completely

— usually used as (be) gorged

• tissue gorged with blood