gorge

CEFRC1

/ɡɔːdʒ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A narrow valley with steep sides, often formed by a river.

  2. 02

    verb

    To eat a very large amount of food quickly.

Examples

  • The gorge looked very deep to him.

  • The shepherd's house stood in a gorge.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.

  2. The throat of a flower.

  3. The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.

More examples

In context

  • There is only one horse capable of jumping over that gorge.

  • My gorge rises at the sight of it.

  • They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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 *gʷerh₃- (“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”). Doublet of gour and gurges.