GORGES Synonyms

• a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

• a deep opening in the earth's surface

• a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• spot, stain, or pollute

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a long narrow cleft

• (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

• break into fissures or fine cracks

• an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

• an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

• a deep wide chasm

• deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

• of advancing the ball by throwing it

• (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

• (military) a written leave of absence

• (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

• the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

• any authorization to pass or go somewhere

• a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

• a flight or run by an aircraft over a target

• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

• a difficult juncture

• one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)

• an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

• a permit to enter or leave a military installation

• a complimentary ticket

• a usually brief attempt

• (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

• success in satisfying a test or requirement

• go across or through

• move past

• make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

• for time to move forward

• place into the hands or custody of

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• travel past

• come to pass

• go unchallenged; be approved

• use up a period of time in a specific way

• pass over, across, or through

• transmit information

• disappear gradually

• go successfully through a test or a selection process

• be superior or better than some standard

• accept or judge as acceptable

• allow to go without comment or censure

• transfer to another; of rights or property

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• throw (a ball) to another player

• be inherited by

• cause to pass

• grant authorization or clearance for

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• eliminate from the body

• a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)

• a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

• a concave shape with an open top

• a treasury for government funds

• a long narrow shallow receptacle

• a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

• a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

• any act of immoderate indulgence

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• to watch a large amount of media in a single seating

• a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• spot, stain, or pollute

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

• the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• supply with an excess of

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• the passage between the pharynx and the stomach