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Definition of gorge verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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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