gorge
v.
eat piggishly, stuff oneself with food, eat gluttonously
n.
deep narrow passage through land; narrow canyon; throat; act of gorging oneself
Canyon
For the song, see
CANYON.MID. For the band, see
Canyon (band). A canyon (rarely cañon) or gorge is a deep valley between
cliffs often carved from the landscape by a
river. Most canyons were formed by a process of long-time
erosion from a
plateau level. The
cliffs form because harder
rock strata that are
resistant to erosion and weathering remain exposed on the valley walls. Canyons are much more common in arid areas than in wetter areas because weathering has a lesser effect in arid zones. Canyon walls are often formed of resistant
sandstones or
granite.
Submarine canyons are those which form underwater, generally at the mouths of rivers. The word canyon is Spanish in origin (cañón). The word canyon is generally used in the
United States, while the word gorge is more common in
Europe and
Oceania, though it is also used in some parts of the United States and
Canada. The rare word defile is occasionally used in England.
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gorge
Noun
1. a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
(hypernym) ravine
(hyponym) Cataract Canyon
2. a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
(synonym) defile
(hypernym) pass, mountain pass, notch
3. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
(synonym) esophagus, oesophagus, gullet
(hypernym) passage, passageway
(part-holonym) alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract
(part-meronym) epicardia
Verb
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"
(synonym) ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
(hypernym) eat
(derivation) scoffer, gorger
gorge (f)
n.
throat, groove, gorge, canyon, crag, throttle, fauces
gorger
v.
stuff, glut
Gorge
(v. i.)
To eat greedily and to satiety.
(n.)
To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
(n.)
To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
(n.)
The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.
(n.)
The groove of a pulley.
(n.)
The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.
(n.)
That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.
(n.)
A narrow passage or entrance
(n.)
A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.
(n.)
A defile between mountains.
(n.)
A concave molding; a cavetto.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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