gorge

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage walked the bridge over the gorge, marveling at the spectacular drop Synonyms of gorge col, couloir, defile, flume, gap, gill [British], canyon, gulch, gulf, kloof [South African], linn [chiefly Scottish], notch, pass, ravine, saddleWords Related to gorge abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm [chiefly British], fissure; combe (also coombe or coomb) [British], dale, dell, glen, hollow, shut-in, vale, valley; basin, floodplain, kettle; arroyo, barranca (also barranco), coulee, draw, gully (also gulley), gutter, nullah, trench, trough, wadi, wash [West]

1 to fill with food to capacity we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving Synonyms of gorge cram, glut, sate, stuff, surfeit Words Related to gorge gobble, gormandize, pig out; gulp, guzzle; cloy, fill; banquet, feast, regale Near Antonyms of gorge 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 of gorge gormandize, overeat, pig out, swill Words Related to gorge devour, glut, sate, stuff, surfeit, wolf; banquet, feast, regale; bolt, cram, gulp, guzzle Phrases load up on Near Antonyms of gorge nibble, peck, pick, taste

3 to swallow or eat greedily the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat Synonyms of gorge bolt, cram, devour, glut [archaic], gobble, gormandize, gulp, ingurgitate, inhale, raven, scarf, scoff, slop, wolfWords Related to gorge overeat, pig out, swillNear Antonyms of gorge nibble, peck, pick