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Gorging

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.

    The fish has gorged the hook.
    --Johnson.

  2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.

    The giant gorged with flesh.
    --Addison.

    Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.
    --Dryden.

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gorging

n. The act of one who gorges, or eats to satiety. vb. (present participle of gorge English)

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Deciding that life was no longer worth living, he walked up to a pride of lions that were gorging themselves on a topi carcass and, striding into their midst, began cursing them and hitting them with his bare hands.