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| Main Entry: |
gorge
 [gawrj] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat voraciously |
| Synonyms: | blimp out, bolt*, cloy, congest, cram, devour, eat like a horse, feed, fill, glut, gobble, gormandize, gulp, guzzle, hoover, jade, jam, make a pig of, overeat, overindulge, pack, sate, satiate, stuff*, surfeit, swallow, wolf* |
| Notes: | a canyon is a narrow chasm with steep cliff walls formed by running water; a gorge is a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides formed by running water; a ravine is a deep narrow steep-sided valley formed by running water |
| Antonyms: | abstain, diet, fast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cloy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overfill |
| Synonyms: | disgust, fill, glut, gorge, jade, nauseate, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, sicken, stall, stodge, suffice, surfeit, weary |
| Main Entry: | congested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blocked, clogged |
| Synonyms: | chock-full, choked, closed, crammed, crowded, filled, glutted, gorged, gridlocked, jam-full, jam-packed, jammed, massed, mobbed, obstructed, occluded, overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, packed, packed like sardines, plugged, stopped, stoppered, stuffed, stuffed-up, teeming, up to the rafters |
| Antonyms: | clear, free, open, unblocked, unclogged, uncongested, uncrowded |
Example Sentences
- He found that they gorged on seals in the spring and early summer, before breakup, then retreated to land as the ice melted.
- With few retail deposits to speak of, the firm gorged on long-term debt and commercial paper to fund its lending.
- From one book to the next, characters gorged on them.
| Main Entry: | consume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat, drink |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down*, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | fast, starve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fill to overflowing; compress |
| Synonyms: | charge, chock, choke, compact, crowd, crush, devour, drive, force, gobble, gorge, guzzle, heap, ingurgitate, jam, jam-pack, load, overcrowd, overeat, overfill, pack, pack 'em in, pack in, pack it in, pack like sardines, press, ram, sardine, satiate, shove, slop, slosh, squash, squeeze, stive, stuff, tamp, thrust, wedge, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | let out, open, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swallow, consume |
| Synonyms: | absorb, annihilate, appreciate, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt, bolt down, chow down, cram, delight in, destroy, dispatch, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feast on, feed on, gloat over, go through, gobble, gorge*, gulp, guzzle, hoover, imbibe, ingest, inhale, partake of, pig out, polish off, ravage, rejoice in, relish, revel in, scarf down, spend, stuff, take, take in, use up, waste, wipe out, wolf down, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | abstain, pick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume food |
| Synonyms: | absorb, attack, banquet, bite, bolt*, break bread, breakfast, chew, chow down, cram, devour, digest, dine, dispatch, dispose of, fall to, feast upon, feed, gobble up, gorge, gormandize, graze*, have a bite, have a meal, have for, ingest, inhale*, lunch, make pig of oneself, masticate, munch, nibble, nosh, partake of, peck at, pick, pig out, polish off, pork out, put away, ruminate, scarf, scoff, snack, sup, swallow, take food, take in, take nourishment, wolf |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eat a great amount or very well |
| Synonyms: | banquet, dine, eat sumptuously, entertain, gorge, gormandize, indulge, overindulge, regale, stuff, stuff one's face, treat, wine and dine |
| Antonyms: | abstain, fast |
| Main Entry: | feed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give nourishment; augment |
| Synonyms: | banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine, dish out, dispense, encourage, fatten, feast, fill, find, foster, fuel, furnish, give, gorge, hand, hand over, maintain, minister, nourish, nurse, nurture, provide, provision, regale, satisfy, stock, strengthen, stuff, supply, support, sustain, victual, wine and dine |
| Antonyms: | starve |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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