gorge

verb

gorged; gorging

intransitive verb

: to eat greedily or to repletion

gorged on pasta

also : to partake of something in large amounts

gorging on books

transitive verb

1

a

: to stuff to capacity : glut

b

: to fill completely or to the point of distension

veins gorged with blood

2

: to consume greedily

fish gorging the bait

gorger noun

Synonyms of gorge

• stuff
• sate
• glut
• feast
• fill

Choose the Right Synonym for gorge

satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge mean to fill to repletion.

satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel

readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

Examples of gorge in a Sentence

We gorged on chips and cookies.

We gorged ourselves on chips and cookies.

Recent Examples on the Web

The Raiders gorged in a different way, blowing the center market out of the water with a massive, $27 million per year contract for Baltimore’s Tyler Linderbaum and rocketing toward the top of the league in money spent. —Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026

Once in Dun, Mathilda gorges herself on strange delicacies while assembling disparate pieces of Hermia. —Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026

This means selling off many of the securities the Fed gorged on in a stair-step of crises over the last 18 years. —Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026

And all those who find the Dodgers’ gorging offensive also tend to overlook that their spending provides real benefits as well. —Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Phrases Containing gorge

• make someone's gorge rise

Rhymes for gorge

• forge
• sorge
• disgorge

Kids Definition

gorge

1 of 2 noun

ˈgȯ(ə)rj 

: a narrow passage, ravine, or steep-walled canyon

gorge

2 of 2 verb

gorged; gorging

: to eat greedily : stuff oneself

gorger noun