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ungorging

ungorging is the present participle and gerund of ungorge.

Meaning of ungorge

Verb

ungorge (third-person singular simple present ungorges, present participle ungorging, simple past and past participle ungorged)

  1. To relieve by vomiting.
    • Well, Phoebus, well, drink on, I say, drink on; But when thou dost ungorge thee, grant me this, Thou pour thy poisons on the head of John.1601, Anthony Munday, Henry Chettle, The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington
  2. (figuratively) To purge; to empty out by removing something that should not be there.
    • They thought evil, 'God disposed it to good;' they, to ungorge themselves of that venomous malice which the prosperity of Joseph, conceived from his dreams, instilled into their hearts;1864, John KingJohn King, Lectures Upon Jonah: Delivered at York In the Year of Our Lord 1594, page 125
  3. To discharge or relinquish.
    • Lorries come, ungorge their loads.1976, Albert W. Kayper-Mensah, Akwaaba, page 9

Questions about ungorging

What is ungorging the present participle and gerund of?
Ungorging is the present participle and gerund of ungorge.

Words near ungorging in the dictionary

  1. ungored
  2. ungorge
  3. ungorged
  4. ungorgeous
  5. ungorges
  6. ungorging
  7. ungory
  8. ungospelized
  9. ungospelled
  10. ungospellike
  11. ungossiping

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