gorge

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin gurga.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ɡɔːdʒ/, X-SAMPA: /gO:dZ/
(US) IPA: /gɔɹd͡ʒ/
Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dʒ

Noun

gorge (plural gorges)

A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, Crime out of Mind^[1]:
  Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.
The throat or gullet.

Translations

deep passage

Armenian: ձոր (hy) (jor)
Chamicuro: yeepachajpi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 峽谷 (cmn), 峡谷 (cmn) (xiágǔ)
Czech: rokle (cs) f, soutěska (cs) f
Dutch: kloof (nl) n
Finnish: sola (fi), rotko (fi), kuilu (fi), kuru (fi)
German: Schlucht (de) f
Greek: φαράγγι (el) (farángi) n
Italian: gola (it) f
Japanese: 峡谷 (ja) (きょうこく, kyōkoku)

Korean: 협곡 (ko) (hyeopgok), 골짜기 (ko) (goljjagi)
Persian: گلوگاه (fa) (galugâh)
Polish: wąwóz (pl) m, jar (pl) m
Portuguese: garganta (pt) f
Russian: ущелье (ru) (uščélʹje) n
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: клисура (sh) f, кланац (sh) m, теснац (sh) m

Roman: klisura (sh) f, klanac (sh) m, tesnac (sh) m
Spanish: garganta (es) f
Swedish: pass (sv) n

gullet

Chinese:
Mandarin: 食管 (cmn) (shíguǎn), 食道 (cmn) (shídào)
Dutch: strot (nl) m and f
Finnish: kurkku (fi)
Greek: οισοφάγος (el) (oisofágos) m
Japanese: 食道 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō)
Korean: 목구멍 (ko) (mokgumeong)
Persian: گلو (fa) (galu)

Polish: gardło (pl) n
Portuguese: garganta (pt) f, gorja (pt) f
Russian: пищевод (ru) (piščevód) m (esophagus)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гркљан (sh) m

Roman: grkljan (sh) m
Spanish: garganta (es) f
Swedish: svalg (sv) c

Verb

gorge (third-person singular simple present gorges, present participle gorging, simple past and past participle gorged)

(reflexive, followed by on) To eat greedily and in large quantities.
They gorged themselves on chocolate and cake.

Derived terms

Translations

to eat greedily

Catalan: devorar (ca)
Czech: hltat (cs), žrát (cs)
Dutch: schrokken (nl)
Finnish: hotkia (fi), ahmia (fi)
French: gorger (fr), se gorger (fr)
Greek: καταβροχθίζω (el) (katavrochthízo)
Japanese: 食い溜め (ja) (kuidame)
Korean: 꿀꺽하다 (kkulkkeok-hada), 삼키다 (ko) (samkida)
Persian: لمباندن (fa) (lombāndan)

Portuguese: empanturrar-se de (pt), devorar (pt)
Romanian: înfuleca (ro)
Russian: жрать (ru) (žratʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: наситити (sh), наситити се (sh), ждерати (sh)

Roman: nasititi (sh), nasititi se (sh), žderati (sh)
Spanish: atiborrarse (es) de, hartarse (es) de
Swedish: proppa i sig

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