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gore1 definition

gore (gôr)

noun

blood shed from a wound, esp. when clotted

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

gore2 definition

gore (gôr)

transitive verb gored, goring gor′·ing

to pierce with or as with a horn or tusk

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

gore3 definition

gore (gôr)

noun

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

Etymology: 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 gor′·ing

to make or insert a gore or gores in
Gore definition

Gore (gôr)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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