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forget | gorget |

As a verb forget

is to lose remembrance of.

As a noun gorget is

a piece of armour for the throat.

forget

English

Verb

  • To lose remembrance of.
    • I have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten .
  • To unintentionally not do, neglect.
    • I forgot to buy flowers for my wife at our 14th wedding anniversary.
  • To unintentionally leave something behind.
    • I forgot my car keys.
  • To cease remembering.
    • Let's just forget about it.
  • (slang) (euphemism for) fuck, screw (a mild oath).
    • Forget you!

    Usage notes

    * In sense 1 and 4 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * In sense 2 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. * See

    Synonyms

    * obliviate, overlook, pass over, disremember

    Antonyms

    * acquire, learn, mind, recall, recollect, remember, reminisce

    Derived terms

    * forget about * forgetful * forget-me-not * forget oneself * forgettable * forgetter * unforgettable

    References

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    Statistics

    * English irregular verbs 1000 English basic words

    gorget

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A piece of armour for the throat.
  • * 1663 ,
    • About his neck a threefold gorget , / As rough as trebled leathern target
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Unfix the gorget's iron clasp.
  • * 1968 , (Michael Moorcock), The Mad God's Amulet , Gollancz 2003, p. 209:
    • Hawkmoon whipped his sword from the scabbard, leaped forward, and drove the blade into the throat of the warrior just below his gorget .
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 500:
    • Renly lifted his chin to allow Brienne to fasten his gorget in place.
  • (historical) A type of women's clothing covering the neck and breast; a wimple.
  • An ornament for the neck; a necklace, ornamental collar, torque etc.
  • * 1917 , (Washington Irving), :
    • There was
  • (surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
  • A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; called also blunt gorget.
    • (Dunglison)
  • (zoology) A crescent-shaped coloured patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * gorget hummer