verb
gorge
To fill with food or eat to excess.
The children gorge themselves on candy after the Halloween party.
Etymology
The French ancestor means throat. To gorge is to fill the throat or stomach with food, giving the verb its sense of eating to excess.
More examples
- Don't gorge on bread before dinner.
- The dog gorged itself on leftovers.
- He feels sick after gorging on pizza.
Forms
gorge · gorges · gorged · gorging