gorge
verb/ɡɔːdʒ/
/ɡɔːrdʒ/
[transitive, intransitive] (sometimes disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gorge | /ɡɔːdʒ/ /ɡɔːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it gorges | /ˈɡɔːdʒɪz/ /ˈɡɔːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple gorged | /ɡɔːdʒd/ /ɡɔːrdʒd/ |
| past participle gorged | /ɡɔːdʒd/ /ɡɔːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form gorging | /ˈɡɔːdʒɪŋ/ /ˈɡɔːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- gorge (yourself) (on something) to eat a lot of something, until you are too full to eat any moreTopics Feelingsc2 synonym stuff (4)Word OriginMiddle 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; the current noun sense dates from the mid 18th cent.
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