Meaning & use
gorge
A deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, often carved out by a river.
See it in a sentence
Hikers stopped to admire the river cutting through the bottom of the gorge.
He gorged himself on cake at the party until he felt sick.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'to gorge' means to eat greedily and excessively, a very different sense from the geographic noun.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To eat a large amount of food greedily or to the point of being overly full.
The kids gorged on candy until their parents finally cut them off.
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