ɡɔ:dʒ n. & v. --n. 1 a
narrow opening between hills or a rocky
ravine,
often with a
stream running through it. 2 an
act of gorging; a
feast. 3
the contents of the
stomach;
what has been swallowed. 4 the
neck of a
bastion or
other outwork; the rear entrance to a
work. 5 US a mass of
ice etc. blocking a narrow passage. --v. 1 intr.
feed greedily. 2 tr. a (often refl.)
satiate,
glut. b swallow,
devour greedily. øcast the gorge at
reject with loathing. one's gorge rises at
one is sickened
by. øøgorger n. [ME f. OF gorge
throat ult. f. L gurges whirlpool]