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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
Rumbling Bald burned in 2016 and the north gorge of the Red River Gorge closed in 2020 due to fires. Hannah Provost, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2025 Fifty-seven people were killed when a passenger train filled with students collided with a freight train on February 28, 2023, near the Tempi gorge in central Greece. Reuters, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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The flow of foreign money into dollar assets has permitted Americans to gorge on imports — a boon to consumers, retailers and financiers — while sacrificing domestic manufacturing jobs. Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for gorge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorge
Noun
  • The route includes many iconic Romanesque churches and beautiful landscapes, including the Rio Dulce natural park, and the canyon of Caracena.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • On the night of the shooting, officers arrived at the scene of the call and found Rasmussen shot in the torso and lying in a nearby canyon, Provence said.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
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  • These flaky hand pies stuffed with sweet-tart cherries are the perfect two-bite desserts for topping off a full Fourth of July spread.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
  • Mensah stuffed his 6-foot-10 frame into it … for 12½ hours.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
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  • Cruisers can feast on a multi-course buffet dinner and enjoy a premium open bar, while enjoying stunning views of the Manhattan skyline during the three-hour sail.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
  • When my daughter and I are outside, these pesky blood suckers feast.
    Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 24 June 2025
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  • Finance and accounting present yet another strong case for BPO, as companies can outsource tax compliance, accounts receivable and other back-office functions that can devour time and resources.
    Pranav Dalal, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Even its Revolutionary Guards bear no name of Iran—only of a violent ideology that devours its children and invites war upon them.
    Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Intense rainfall, as common in tropical latitudes, and water vapor in the eruption column can mix with volcanic ash and debris, forming deadly mudflows called lahars by geologists after an Indonesian word for ravines on the slopes of a volcano.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 June 2025
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  • There will be lunches and dinners for $20 or less, and three-course dinners priced at $40 and $60 will be sating appetites during the week.
    Jared Mccallister, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
  • After all, a film like Ballerina ostensibly exists only to keep the franchise’s devotees sated in the meantime.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 June 2025
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  • The most common symptoms of overeating garlic include body odor and breath that smells like garlic.
    Kathi Valeii, Verywell Health, 9 June 2025
  • Without Landy, Wilson quickly regressed — back on drugs, overeating, retreating to his bedroom.
    Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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  • The simulant particles are smaller than 2.5 microns (millionths of a meter), small enough to be inhaled and then trapped in the lower airways of the lungs.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 June 2025
  • Chernobyl nuclear disaster altered the genetics of the dogs left behind, scientists say How does exposure to uranium affect the human body If ingested or inhaled, uranium hexafluoride gas -- in which each of the molecules has six fluorine atoms -- can cause kidney damage, Caffrey said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 June 2025

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“Gorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorge. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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