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gorge
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gôj, IPA(key): /???d?/
- (General American) enPR: gôrj, IPA(key): /???d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?
Etymology 1
From Middle English gorge (“esophagus, gullet; throat; bird's crop; food in a hawk's crop; food or drink that has been eaten”), a borrowing from Old French gorge (“throat”) (modern French gorge (“throat; breast”)), from Vulgar Latin *gorga, *gurga, from Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *g?erh?- (“to devour, swallow; to eat”). The English word is cognate with Galician gorxa (“throat”), Italian gorga, gorgia (“gorge, ravine; (obsolete) throat”), Occitan gorga, gorja, Portuguese gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”), Spanish gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”).
Noun
gorge (plural gorges)
- (archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.
- (archaic, literary) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.
- Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
- (US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
- (architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
- (architecture, fortification) The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery.
- (fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
- (geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.
- Synonym: canyon
- (mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.
Usage notes
- (food taken into the gullet or stomach): A person's gorge is said to rise (that is, they feel as if they are about to vomit) if they feel irritated or nauseated.
Derived terms
Related terms
- gorget
- gorgeted
Translations
Etymology 2
The verb is derived from Middle English gorgen (“to eat greedily; to gorge”), a borrowing from Old French gorger, gorgier (modern French gorger (“to eat greedily; to gorge”)), from gorge (“throat”); see further at etymology 1.
The noun is derived from the verb.
Verb
gorge (third-person singular simple present gorges, present participle gorging, simple past and past participle gorged)
- (intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [+ on (object)]
- (transitive) To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
- (transitive) To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.
- Synonyms: sate, stuff
- (transitive) To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; (US, specifically) of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.
- Synonym: engorge
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
gorge (plural gorges)
- An act of gorging.
Translations
Etymology 3
Clipping of gorge(ous); originally British slang.
Adjective
gorge (comparative more gorge, superlative most gorge)
- (slang) Gorgeous.
Notes
References
Further reading
- canyon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- gorge (fortification) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- gorge (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- gorge at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Grego, Rogge, grego
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????/
Etymology 1
From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”).
Noun
gorge f (plural gorges)
- throat
- breast
- gorge
Derived terms
Related terms
- ingurgiter
- régurgiter
Descendants
- ? Catalan: gorja
- ? Italian: gorgia
- ? Portuguese: gorja
- ? Spanish: gorja
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gorge
- first-person singular present indicative of gorger
- third-person singular present indicative of gorger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of gorger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of gorger
- second-person singular imperative of gorger
Further reading
- “gorge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?rd?e
Noun
gorge f
- plural of gorgia
Middle French
Noun
gorge f (plural gorges)
- (anatomy) throat
Norman
Etymology
From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gorge f (plural gorges)
- (Jersey, anatomy) throat
Derived terms
- bigorgi (“to slit a throat”)
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”).
Noun
gorge f (oblique plural gorges, nominative singular gorge, nominative plural gorges)
- throat
Descendants
- French: gorge
- ? Catalan: gorja
- ? Italian: gorgia
- ? Portuguese: gorja
- ? Spanish: gorja
- ? Galician: gorxa
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glut
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French gloter, glotir (compare French engloutir (“to devour”), glouton (“glutton”)), from Latin glutti?, glutt?re (“I swallow”). Akin to Russian ??????? (glotat?, “to swallow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
glut (plural gluts)
- An excess, too much.
- Synonyms: excess, overabundance, plethora, slew, surfeit, surplus
- Antonyms: lack, shortage
- That which is swallowed.
- Something that fills up an opening.
- Synonym: clog
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
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- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
Related terms
- glutton
- gluttony
Translations
Verb
glut (third-person singular simple present gluts, present participle glutting, simple past and past participle glutted)
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
Translations
References
Polish
Etymology
From Latin gl?ten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lut/
Noun
glut m inan
- (colloquial) goo (semi-solid substance)
- (colloquial) booger (mucus)
- Synonyms: gil, smark, ?pik
Declension
Further reading
- glut in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- glut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from German Glut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lut/
Noun
glut (nominative plural gluts)
- glow
Declension
Derived terms
- glutik
- glutön
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