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gorged

UK/ɡɔːdʒd//ɡɔːɹd͡ʒd/

gorged adjective: with a stomach stuffed full of food. Also the simple past and past participle of gorge.

Adjective

gorged (not comparable)

  1. With a stomach stuffed full of food.
    • Gorged nearly to the uttermost when he entered the restaurant, the smell of food had almost caused him to lose his honor as a gentleman, but he rallied like a true knight.1907, O. Henry, Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
    • “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers,[…], the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  2. With the neck collared or encircled by an object.
  3. Having a gorge or throat.

Also used as

gorged is also the simple past and past participle of gorge.

Origin of gorged

From gorge + -ed.

Words formed from gorged

Words that rhyme with gorged

Questions about gorged

What does gorged mean?
Gorged means with a stomach stuffed full of food.
What part of speech is gorged?
Gorged is an adjective.
How do you pronounce gorged?
Gorged is pronounced /ɡɔːdʒd/ (UK).

Words near gorged in the dictionary

  1. gorge fishing
  2. gorge hook
  3. gorge hooks
  4. gorge walking
  5. gorge-walking
  6. gorged
  7. gorgelet
  8. gorgelets
  9. Gorgenson
  10. gorgeosities
  11. gorgeosity

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