Synonyms

gorged

American

[gawrjd] / gɔrdʒd /

adjective

Heraldry.

(of a beast) represented wearing something about the neck in the manner of a collar.

a lion gules gorged with a collar or.

Other Word Forms

ungorged adjective

Etymology

Origin of gorged

First recorded in 1600–10; gorge ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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January tends to come with a slowdown in spending after consumers have gorged on shopping for the holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

I immediately thought about the acrobatic squirrel that my Bird Buddy had captured — not infrequently — dangling from the roof of the feeder by its hind legs while it gorged itself on bird seed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023

We stopped at Eits Cafe, where we gorged on tender saltfish fritters, warming pumpkin ginger soup and sticky, delicious, caramelized-plantain crepes while looking out across the misty mountains, surrounded by the buzz of swallowtail hummingbirds.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

In 1997, the two men and their wives had met for dinner and gorged on Peeps for dessert.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2023

During the fall, they gorged themselves on roots and fish and whatever food they could find.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

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