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verb

1
as in to stuff
to fill with food to capacity we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving

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2
as in to feast
to eat greedily or to excess the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating

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3
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat

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How is the word gorge different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of gorge are cloy, glut, pall, sate, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When can cloy be used instead of gorge?

The words cloy and gorge can be used in similar contexts, but cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

When might glut be a better fit than gorge?

Although the words glut and gorge have much in common, glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

Where would pall be a reasonable alternative to gorge?

While in some cases nearly identical to gorge, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

How do satiate and sate relate to one another, in the sense of gorge?

Both 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

When could surfeit be used to replace gorge?

While the synonyms surfeit and gorge are close in meaning, surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

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Recent Examples of gorge
Noun
The Context The victims were in a bus, traveling from Shiv Khori temple to Katra, that veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge after gunmen opened fire on the vehicle. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025 Explore Shepherdstown Blowing Rock, North Carolina Population: 1,397 For panoramic views of dense forests, snowy peaks, and a vast gorge, Blowing Rock is your spot. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
Thanks to this steady drip of releases, Like a Dragon fans have been virtually gorging themselves on a wealth of content for years. Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025 Paddington doesn’t gorge on sadness, as I’ve been known to do. Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gorge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorge
Noun
  • That initial drive was merely the opening act for the hike-able mesas, canyons, and sky-high sandstone beyond the visitor center gates.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2025
  • The octopus inhabits underwater canyons at depths of 3,400 to 5,000 feet.
    Real-Time news team, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • The marinated turkey or chicken is stuffed into a French roll intended to soak up the recipe’s recaudo or marinade, along with slices of tomato, cucumber, radishes and sprigs of watercress.
    Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • So many dogs were stuffed into the small Woodside home Thursday morning that some were found cowering in closets and kitchen cupboards, said officials from Animal Care Centers of NYC, who rescued the animals with the ASPCA.
    Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Plot details are currently under wraps, but with just three episodes left in season two, there's sure to be plenty to feast upon as the stakes climb higher and higher.
    Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
  • The navy carpet leading up the stairs to The Metropolitan Museum of Art served as a glorious buffet for our eyes to feast on.
    Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • As Charlie soon learns, the alligator she’s been tasked with saving is in the process of devouring Joe.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 May 2025
  • As the story of our cosmos moves forward, stars will slowly burn out, planets will freeze over, and black holes will devour light itself.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2025
  • That includes Tom Cruise, as covert CIA division agent Ethan Hunt, riding a motorcycle off a 4,000-foot cliff and BASE jumping the final 500 feet of a ravine, or the breathless climactic train mayhem in 2023’s Dead Reckoning, the opening installment of this two-parter.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • The Seattle math-rock band had broken up in 2018 after feeling sated from a 17-year run.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Even with dark circles under his eyes, Elias seemed full of life, sated with freedom.
    Laila Lalami, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The previous understanding was that overeating high calorie foods may impact early menstruation because the accumulation of body fat signals hormones to initiate puberty, Wang said.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
  • People who struggle with emotional eating may overeat in response to difficult emotions like sadness and anxiety.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As months and years of data arrived, Keeling’s rigorous work revealed two global phenomena: Earth’s plants inhaling CO2 each summer and exhaling it each winter, and CO2 levels’ unrelenting annual increase.
    Ashley Braun, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
  • Workers who inhaled Teflon fumes developed flu-like symptoms.
    Mariah Blake, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025

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“Gorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorge. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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