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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gorge \Gorge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gorged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gorging}.] [F. gorger. See {Gorge}, n.]
     1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in
        large mouthfuls or quantities.
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              The fish has gorged the hook.         --Johnson.
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     2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
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              The giant gorged with flesh.          --Addison.
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              Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gorged \Gorged\, a.
     1. Having a gorge or throat.
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     2. (Her.) Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.
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     3. Glutted; fed to the full.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gorged
       adj : fed beyond capacity or desire [syn: {sated}, {surfeited}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "gorged":
     allayed, bloated, bursting, choked, cloyed, congested, crammed,
     crowded, disgusted, distended, drenched, engorged, fed-up,
     filled to overflowing, full, full of, glutted, hyperemic, in spate,
     jaded, jam-packed, jammed, overblown, overburdened, overcharged,
     overfed, overflowing, overfraught, overfreighted, overfull,
     overgorged, overladen, overloaded, oversaturated, overstocked,
     overstuffed, oversupplied, overweighted, packed, plethoric,
     ready to burst, replete, running over, sated, satiate, satiated,
     satisfied, saturated, sick of, slaked, soaked, stuffed, stuffed up,
     supercharged, supersaturated, surcharged, surfeited, swollen,
     tired of, with a bellyful, with a snootful, with enough of
  
  

















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