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The definition of gore is violence and bloodshed.

(noun)

A movie that has a lot of violence and bloodshed is an example of a movie that has a lot of gore.

To gore is defined as the action of an animal stabbing someone or another animal with a horn.

(verb)

When a bull stabs a person with his horn, this is an example of a situation where the bull gores a person.

See gore in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

blood shed from a wound, esp. when clotted

Origin: ME gore, filth < OE gor, dung, filth, akin to ON gor, Welsh gor, MDu gore < IE base *gwher-, hot > warm, L fornax, furnace

transitive verb gored, goring

to pierce with or as with a horn or tusk

Origin: ME goren < gore, a spear < OE gar: see gore

noun

a small, triangular piece of land as where two roads diverge
a tapering piece of cloth made or inserted in a skirt, sail, etc. to give it fullness

Origin: ME gore < OE gara, corner < base of gar, a spear, akin to MDu gheere, Ger gehre, gusset < IE base *ghaiso-, a stake, javelin > Ger geissel, a whip

transitive verb gored, goring

to make or insert a gore or gores in

Gore, Albert (Arnold, Jr.) 1948-; vice president of the U.S. (1993-2001)

See gore in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb gored gored, gor·ing, gores

To pierce or stab with a horn or tusk.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English goren

Origin: , probably from gore, spear

Origin: , from Old English gār

noun

A triangular or tapering piece of cloth forming a part of something, as in a skirt or sail.
A small triangular piece of land.

transitive verb gored gored, gor·ing, gores

To provide with a gore.
To cut into a gore.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English gāra, triangular piece of land

noun

Blood, especially coagulated blood from a wound.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, filth

Origin: , from Old English gor

Vice President of the United States (1993-2001) under Bill Clinton. He earlier served as a U.S. senator from Tennessee (1985-1993).

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