bloodshed, gore
(noun) the shedding of blood resulting in murder; “he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen”
gore, panel
(noun) a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
gore
(noun) coagulated blood from a wound
Gore, Al Gore, Albert Gore Jr.
(noun) Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948)
gore
(verb) wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
gore
(verb) cut into gores; “gore a skirt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gore (uncountable)
Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
Murder, bloodshed, violence.
(obsolete except in dialects) Dirt; mud; filth.
gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)
(transitive, of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
(transitive, obsolete) To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
gore (plural gores)
A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
(surveying) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe
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.Wp
An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
A projecting point.
(heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
gore (third-person singular simple present gores, present participle goring, simple past and past participle gored)
To cut in a triangular form.
To provide with a gore.
• Geor., Gero, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, ogre, orge, rego
Gore
A surname.
Al Gore was the 45th Vice-President of the United States.
A town in eastern Southland, New Zealand, situated on the Mataura River.
Gore Water, a minor tributary in Scotland which flows through Gorebridge to the River South Esk.
• Geor., Gero, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, ogre, orge, rego
Source: Wiktionary
Gore, n. Etym: [AS. gor dirt, dung; akin to Icel. gor, SW. gorr, OHG. gor, and perh. to E. cord, chord, and yarn; cf. Icel. görn, garnir, guts.]
1. Dirt; mud. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted. Milton.
Gore, n. Etym: [OE. gore, gare, AS. g angular point of land, fr. g spear; akin to D. geer gore, G. gehre gore, ger spear, Icel. geiri gore, geir spear, and prob. to E. goad. Cf. Gar, n., Garlic, and Gore, v.]
1. A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part.
2. A small traingular piece of land. Cowell.
3. (Her.)
Definition: One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
Note: It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called tenné. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.
Gore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gored; p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.] Etym: [OE. gar spear, AS. g. See 2d Gore.]
Definition: To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab. The low stumps shall gore His daintly feet. Coleridge.
Gore, v. t.
Definition: To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
