gorge

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

gorge [gorge gorges gorged gorging] noun, verb BrE [ɡɔːdʒ] NAmE [ɡɔːrdʒ]
noun
a deep narrow valley with steep sides
Syn: ↑canyon
•the Rhine Gorge

Word Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old French gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’. The noun originally meant ‘throat’ and is from Old French gorge; the current noun sense dates from the mid 18th cent.

Example Bank:
•Cheddar Gorge
•This is an area of spectacular gorges and jagged cliffs.
•the Cataract Gorge
Idiom: ↑somebody's gorge rises
 
verb transitive, intransitive ~ (yourself) (on sth) (sometimes disapproving)
to eat a lot of sth, until you are too full to eat any more
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old French gorger, from gorge ‘throat’, based on Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’. The noun originally meant ‘throat’ and is from Old French gorge; the current noun sense dates from the mid 18th cent.
 
Syn: stuff yourself

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  esophagus, oesophagus, gullet, defile, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize