gore

See also göre, gøre, góré, górę, 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.
2. Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.

Derived terms

• gory

Translations

thick blood

Czech: (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) 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 with the horns

Chinese: Mandarin: 頂 (zh), 顶 (zh) (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.
2. A triangular patch of fabric, especially one forming part of a sail
3. A projecting 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.

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

Anagrams

• ergo
• goer
• ogre, Ogre
• rego

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Kurdish

Noun

gore

1. stockings

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡôre/
• Hyphenation: go‧re

Adverb

gȍre (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре)

1. up, above

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡôreː/
• Hyphenation: go‧re

Adverb

gȍrē (Cyrillic spelling го̏ре̄)

1. worse