MEANING
1. To expel something forcefully or in a large outpouring.
2. To give up money or benefits obtained improperly, often under legal compulsion.
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Words that belong together
- disgorge a meal
- disgorge a crowd
On the page
The creature disgorged a ribbon of half-digested leaves.
The lift disgorged a crowd into the unlit passage.
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Word forms
- Base
- disgorge
- Past tense
- disgorged
- Past participle
- disgorged
- Present participle
- disgorging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disgorge
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disgorging
- Present perfect
- have/has disgorged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disgorging
- Past
- disgorged
- Past continuous
- was/were disgorging
- Past perfect
- had disgorged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disgorging
- Future
- will disgorge
- Future continuous
- will be disgorging
- Future perfect
- will have disgorged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disgorging
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: disgorge; disgorges; disgorged; disgorged; disgorging Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: disgorges.
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