different between jammed vs gorged

English

Adjective

jammed

1. Stuck.

   The window is jammed shut.

   How to treat a jammed finger or toe.

   The printer is still jammed. Make sure that all the jammed paper is removed.

   The ship was jammed between two rocks.

2. Overcrowded; congested

   Certain routes of the city are heavily jammed.

   These roads are hopelessly jammed with cars and mobile homes during holidays.

   A jammed Oktoberfest beer tent.

Translations

Verb

jammed

1. simple past tense and past participle of jam

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *j?m?t?k.

Verb

jammed

1. die

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

English

Etymology

gorge +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???d?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????d?d/

Adjective

gorged (not comparable)

1. With a stomach stuffed full of food.
   • 1907, O. Henry, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen

     Gorged nearly to the uttermost when he entered the restaurant, the smell of food had almost caused him to lose his honor as a gentleman, but he rallied like a true knight.

   • “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, […], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"

2. (heraldry) With the neck collared or encircled by an object.
3. Having a gorge or throat.

Translations

Verb

gorged

1. simple past tense and past participle of gorge

Related terms

• engorged
• gorge

Anagrams

• Dogger, dogger, rogged