1. A deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
   "The hikers marveled at the steep walls of the gorge"
    
2. A narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
   "The army had to march single file through the gorge";
   - defile
    
3. The passage between the pharynx and the stomach
   "Food travels down the gorge to reach the stomach";
   - esophagus [N. Amer], oesophagus [Brit, Cdn], gullet

1. Eat excessively or gluttonously
   "She gorged herself at the dinner";
   - ingurgitate [rare], overindulge, glut, englut [archaic], stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise [Brit], gourmandize, binge [informal], pig out [informal], satiate, gourmandise [Brit]

Derived forms: gorges, gorging, gorged

Type of: eat, mountain pass, muscle system, muscular structure, musculature, notch, pass, passage, passageway, ravine

Part of: alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract

Encyclopedia: Gorge