GORGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does gorge mean?
• GORGE (noun)
The noun GORGE has 3 senses:
1. a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
2. a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
3. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
Familiarity information: GORGE used as a noun is uncommon.
• GORGE (verb)
The verb GORGE has 1 sense:
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Familiarity information: GORGE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GORGE (noun)
Meaning:
A deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("gorge" is a kind of...):
ravine (a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gorge"):
flume; gulch (a narrow gorge with a stream running through it)
Instance hyponyms:
Cataract Canyon (a tributary of the Grand Canyon)
Grand Canyon (the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona)
Olduvai Gorge (a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains)
Meaning:
A narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
defile; gorge
Hypernyms ("gorge" is a kind of...):
mountain pass; notch; pass (the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks)
Meaning:
The passage between the pharynx and the stomach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
esophagus; gullet; oesophagus; gorge
Hypernyms ("gorge" is a kind of...):
passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass)
muscle system; muscular structure; musculature (the muscular system of an organism)
Meronyms (parts of "gorge"):
epicardia (the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach)
cardiac sphincter (the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction)
Holonyms ("gorge" is a part of...):
alimentary canal; alimentary tract; digestive tract; digestive tube; gastrointestinal tract; GI tract (tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination)
• GORGE (verb)
Meaning:
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; scarf out; gourmandize; gormandize; gormandise; gorge; glut; engorge; englut; binge; satiate; stuff
Context examples:
She stuffed herself at the dinner / The kids binged on icecream
Hypernyms (to "gorge" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
