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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

gurge en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɜɹdʒ/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈɡɜːdʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

See gorge.

Meanings

(obsolete) To swallow up.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
gurging	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
gurged	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
gurged	Tense=Past		lexicographic
gurges	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic

gurge en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɜɹdʒ/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈɡɜːdʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Back-formation from gurges, taken to be a plural.

Meanings

(alt-of, alternative, qualifier:obsolete outside heraldry) Alternative form of gurges (“whirlpool”).
alt of gurges
- The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out from under ground […] 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(1674)/Book_XII), Book 12, lines 41-42:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
gurges	Number=Plur		lexicographic