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# gorge

noun (a gorge, gorges); verb (gorge, gorges, gorged, gorging)

«gorge» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. noun A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, usually with a river at the bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#m1)
2. verb To eat a lot of food greedily until you are very full: «gorge yourself on cake». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#m2)
3. (old) Your throat; «it makes my gorge rise» means it makes me feel sick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons gorges are made by rivers cutting through rock over a very long time, like Cheddar Gorge in England or the Grand Canyon. In everyday talk «gorge on sweets» means eat too many. Phrases: «gorge on/oneself», «a river gorge».

### Examples

- The river runs through a deep gorge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#x1)
- We walked along Cheddar Gorge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#x2)
- Don't gorge yourself on chocolate before dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#x3)
- The bears gorged on salmon before winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#x4)
- The gorge was so deep we could hardly see the bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#x5)
- Water carved the gorge over thousands of years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#x6)
- When at last he had succeeded, he gorged himself to bursting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/#x7)

### Note

Rhymes with «George». Verb is regular: gorged. Do not confuse with «gorgeous» (beautiful).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gorge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gorge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gorge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gorge.html) on Mova free.