What part of speech is gorge?

Gorge can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. gorge is a verb, present, 1st person singular of gorge (infinitive).
  • 2. gorge is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. gorge is a noun, singular of gorges.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does gorge mean?

Definitions

Adjective

gorge - Gorgeous.

Verb

gorge - overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"

Noun

gorge - a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)
gorge - the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
gorge - a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

Examples of gorge

#   Sentence  
1. noun An old, rickety footbridge is the only way to get to the other side of the gorge.
2. noun I tripped on a stone, and if he hadn't caught me, I would have fallen into the gorge.
3. noun A firefighter rappels into a gorge in the Blue Mountains of Australia, as a crew tries to save Wollemi Pines, in this image obtained from the New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Jan. 9, 2020.
4. noun The pines were protected from huge blazes near Sydney by water-bombing aircraft and specialist firefighters, who were winched into a narrow gorge by helicopter.
5. noun The shepherd's house stood in a gorge.
Sentence  
noun
An old, rickety footbridge is the only way to get to the other side of the gorge.
I tripped on a stone, and if he hadn't caught me, I would have fallen into the gorge.
A firefighter rappels into a gorge in the Blue Mountains of Australia, as a crew tries to save Wollemi Pines, in this image obtained from the New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Jan. 9, 2020.
The pines were protected from huge blazes near Sydney by water-bombing aircraft and specialist firefighters, who were winched into a narrow gorge by helicopter.
The shepherd's house stood in a gorge.

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