gorge
noun
[ ɡɔːdʒ ]
• a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.
Similar:
ravine,
canyon,
gully,
pass,
defile,
couloir,
deep narrow valley,
chasm,
abyss,
gulf,
chine,
bunny,
clough,
gill,
thrutch,
cleuch,
heugh,
gulch,
coulee,
flume,
arroyo,
barranca,
quebrada,
nullah,
khud,
sloot,
kloof,
donga,
khor,
• the throat.
• a narrow rear entrance to a bastion, outwork, or other fortification.
• a mass of ice obstructing a narrow passage, especially a river.
gorge
verb
• eat a large amount greedily; fill oneself with food.
• "they gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas"
Similar:
stuff,
cram,
fill,
glut,
satiate,
sate,
surfeit,
overindulge,
overfill,
overeat,
pig,
eat greedily/hungrily,
guzzle,
gobble,
bolt,
gulp (down),
swallow hurriedly,
devour,
wolf,
binge-eat,
tuck into,
put/pack away,
demolish,
polish off,
scoff (down),
down,
stuff (down),
murder,
shovel down,
stuff one's face (with),
nosh,
gollop,
shift,
gorb,
scarf (down/up),
snarf (down/up),
inhale,
raven,
gluttonize,
gourmandize,
ingurgitate,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old French gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’. The noun originally meant ‘throat’ and is from Old French gorge ; gorge (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 18th century.
