gore

See also göre, gøre, góré, górę, Gore, and Göre

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡoʊɹ/, /ɡɔɹ/ /ɡɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Etymology 1

Old English gor.

Noun

gore (uncountable)

1. (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth.

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2. Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
3. Murder, bloodshed, violence.

Derived terms

• gory

Translations

thick blood

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瘀血 (cmn) (yūxuè), 淤血 (cmn) (yūxuè)

• Czech: (sedlá OR sražená) krev (cs) f
• Finnish: hurme (fi), veri (fi)
• Icelandic: dreyri (is) m
• Latin: cruor (la) m

• Old English: drēor (ang) m
• Portuguese: sangue coagulado (pt)
• Russian: (запёкшаяся) кровь (ru) (krovʹ) f, кровоподтёк (ru) (krovopodtjók) m (bruise, extravasation)
• Spanish: sangre (es) cuajada f, sangre de la herida

Etymology 2

Probably from gore (“a projecting point”), or ultimately from Old English gār (“spear”).

Verb

gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)

1. (of an animal) To pierce with the horns.

   The bull gored the matador.

Translations

to pierce

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頂 (cmn), 顶 (cmn) (dǐng)

• Czech: nabodnout (cs), nabrat (cs)
• Finnish: puskea, pistää sarvilla

• Portuguese: chifrar (pt)
• Russian: бодать (ru) (bodát') impf., боднуть (ru) (bodnút') pf.
• Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok')
• Spanish: cornear (es), coger (es)

Etymology 3

Wikipedia

Old English gāra.

Noun

gore (plural gores)

1. A triangular piece of land where roads meet.

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2. A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail, skirt, hot-air balloon, etc.
3. An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
4. A projecting point.
5. (heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

Translations

triangular piece of land where roads meet

• Spanish: cuchilla (es) f

triangular patch of fabric

• Arabic: بَنيقة (ar) (baniiqa) f
• French: godet (fr) m
• German: Gehre (de) f, Zwickel (de) m

• Italian: gherone (it) m
• Spanish: segmento triangular m, gajo (es) m

Verb

gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)

1. To cut in a triangular form.
2. To provide with a gore.

   to gore an apron

Anagrams

• ergo
• goer
• ogre, Ogre
• rego

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Kurdish

Noun

gore gender unspecified

1. stockings

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *gora.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡôre/
• Hyphenation: go‧re

Adverb

gȍre (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре)

1. up, above

Noun

gȍre f (Cyrillic spelling горе)

1. genitive singular form of gora.
2. nominative plural form of gora.
3. accusative singular form of gora.
4. vocative singular form of gora.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡôreː/
• Hyphenation: go‧re

Adverb

gȍrē (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре̄)

1. worse