gorge

gorge

verb

Definition of GORGE

1

to fill with food to capacity <we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving>

Synonyms cram, glut, sate, stuff, surfeit

Related Words gobble, gormandize, pig out; gulp, guzzle; cloy, fill; banquet, feast, regale

Near Antonyms diet, fast

2

to eat greedily or to excess <the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating>

Synonyms gormandize, overeat, pig out, swill

Related Words devour, glut, sate, stuff, surfeit, wolf; banquet, feast, regale; bolt, cram, gulp, guzzle

Phrases load up on

Near Antonyms nibble, peck, pick, taste

3

to swallow or eat greedily <the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat>

Synonyms bolt, cram, devour, glut [archaic], gorge, gormandize, gulp, ingurgitate, inhale, raven, scarf, scoff, slop, wolf

Related Words overeat, pig out, swill

Near Antonyms nibble, peck, pick