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

Nancy has gone to three at the back, and with three left-footers, which is something that Derek McInnes gorged on at Tynecastle.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Instead, the American and British public gorged on the sensationalism because that was the supposedly “official” record.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025

“The bed bugs latched onto the Plaintiffs while they slept, sucked their blood until they were gorged, and resisted eradication,” according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

The summer population must be large and the roads and highways gorged with refugees from the sticky heat of Boston and New York.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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