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Word entry · 5 letters

gorge

Best crossword clue

"Deep ravine"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɡɔːdʒ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eggorStarts with GEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Word origin

The verb is derived from Middle English gorgen (“to eat greedily; to gorge”), a borrowing from Old French gorger, gorgier (modern French gorger (“to eat greedily; to gorge”)), from gorge (“throat”); see further at etymology 1.

Used in a sentence

  • His gall did grate for griefe and high diſdaine, And knitting all his force got one hand free, Wherewith he grypt her gorge with ſo great paine, That ſoone to looſe her wicked bands did her co[n]ſtraine.
  • Gleam, a term uſed after a hawk hath caſt and gleameth, or throweth up filth from her gorge.
  • Then as it [a giant serpent] opened its gorge with a gasp, Darra his son made a running bound, And keeping his sharp skian firm in his grasp, Dived headlong into its throat profound.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Deep ravine5 letters
02Narrow steep valley5 letters

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