(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: gōr, IPA(key): /ɡo(ː)ɹ/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɡoə/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishgore, gor, gorre(“mud, muck”), from Old Englishgor(“dirt, dung, filth, muck”), from Proto-Germanic*gurą(“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-(“hot; warm”).
Noun
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.
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Etymology 2
From Middle Englishgoren, from gore(“gore”), ultimately from Old Englishgār(“spear”), itself from Proto-Germanic*gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰoysós. Related to gar and gore(“a projecting point”).
Verb
gore (third-person singular simple presentgores, present participlegoring, simple past and past participlegored)
(transitive, of an animal) To pierce with the horn.
(transitive, obsolete) To pierce with anything pointed, such as a spear.
Derived terms
whose ox is gored
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Etymology 3
From Middle Englishgore(“patch (of land, fabric), clothes”), from Old Englishgāra, from Proto-Germanic*gaizô.
Noun
gore (pluralgores)
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) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, meeting in the fess point, considered an abatement.
Synonyms
(triangular piece of land where roads meet):neutral area(US), ghost island(UK)
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Verb
gore (third-person singular simple presentgores, present participlegoring, simple past and past participlegored)