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Synonyms for gorge
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : gawrj |
Phonetic Transcription : gɔrdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for gorge Other synonyms for the word gorge
Définition of gorge
Origin :- mid-14c., "throat," from Old French gorge "throat, bosom," from Late Latin gurges "gullet, throat, jaws," of uncertain origin, probably related to Latin gurgulio "gullet, windpipe," from PIE *gwere- "to swallow." Transferred sense of "deep, narrow valley" was in Old French.
- noun valley
- verb eat voraciously
- The scenery before the gorge of the river is reached is gloomy, but grand.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- To all this Robin listened, and as he listened his gorge rose.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- The bottom of the gorge was leveled off with infinite labor.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- The next instant he dropped lightly to the floor of the gorge.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- The bottom of the gorge had all the appearance of a wartime camp.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- We saw the bridge she'd built over a gorge, and I became deeply excited.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- In a trice we had galloped past the fortress, through the village, and had ridden into the gorge.
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- I did not ride up to the village, but turned to the right, along the gorge.
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- Presently the Austrian standards were brought up from the gorge.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- But the wanton lures me to a village far from the road on the other side of the gorge.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
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